A MOTORCYCLIST travelling at around 70mph aquaplaned as he overtook a car, before losing control and falling off, an inquest has heard.

Jamie Pinnock was riding a blue Kawasaki ZR750 motorcycle on the B2177 Winchester Road when he overtook a Mercedes at Lower Upham on May 1, this year.

Mr Pinnock lost control of the motorbike and hydroplaned on a pool of standing water, throwing him into the road. The 33-year-old's motorbike propelled towards him injuring him.

He was rushed to Southampton General Hospital but died on May 12 of multiple injuries which resulted in multi-organ failure.

An inquest at Winchester Coroner’s Court on Wednesday heard that on the day of the collision it had been raining and the stretch of road before the crash site was being resurfaced, with lose chippings from the work and a temporary speed limit in place.

Eyewitness Georgina Jerred said in a statement that the car she was in was overtaken by an earlier motorcyclist which her husband remarked as “stupid”.

Reading Mrs Jerred’s statement, area coroner Jason Pegg said: “About one or two minutes later they were overtaken by another motorbike.

“When Jamie overtook Georgina Jerred said to her husband ‘that’s even stupider’ because when Jamie overtook their car, he was travelling even faster than the first motorcycle.”

Mrs Jerred said she considered Mr Pinnock’s riding was “more stupid due to the lose chippings and the fact that it had been raining”.

Edward Veck, the driver of the Mercedes, said in a statement that after Mr Pinnock overtook him “the rear wheel of the motorbike lost traction and the motorbike began to zig zag out of control”.

Mr Veck said that he “could see the rider trying to regain control” but Mr Pinnock lost control and “came off the bike”.

Forensic collision investigator Laura Bailey said that from dashcam footage - captured by Mr Veck - that prior to Mr Pinnock losing control of his motorbike he would have been riding between 69 and 73mph - the coroner said the speed limit was 30.

Ms Bailey said that from the footage Mr Pinnock can be seen “responding by breaking and attempting to use his left leg” to steady the motorbike.

The inquest was told that there was standing water in a 10mm-deep wheel rut which caused Mr Pinnock to aquaplane. Hampshire Highways said this “does not constitute a defect”.

Mr Pegg said that Mr Pinnock was a “competent ride of motorcycles” but at the time of the crash ‘lacked awareness of the water in the road and of speed’.

The coroner concluded that Mr Pinnock died as a result of a road traffic collision.