M271 crash in Test Valley on 30 May 2022 at 17:08 involving a Suzuki DL 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki DL 1000 motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the M271 in Test Valley at 17:08 on Monday 30 May 2022. The 41-year-old male rider of the Suzuki DL 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 May 2022
- Monday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki DL 1000 and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93778, longitude -1.47323, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nursling.
Map of where the crash happened in Test Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022440261608
- Council area
- Test Valley
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 271
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the M271 in Southampton, 20 May 1987
10 m awayRef 1987440YS0244
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the M271 in Southampton, 27 July 1992
10 m awayRef 1992440YS0445
Slight
Toyota crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 26 September 1999
10 m awayRef 1999440YS0677
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 29 October 2023
18 m awayRef 2023440442072
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 8 February 2014
19 m awayRef 2014440046631
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M271 in Test Valley, 15 February 2016
45 m awayRef 2016440067738
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki DL 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki DL 1000)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2022440261608 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Test Valley road accident statistics for 2022.