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Serious A3 crash in Portsmouth on 2 May 1984 at 08:45 involving a lorry

A lorry hit three pedestrians on the A3 in Portsmouth at 08:45 on Wednesday 2 May 1984. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 26-year-old female pedestrian and a 38-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 May 1984
Wednesday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82088, longitude -1.08429, in the PO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1984440RF0283
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1984440RF0283 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Portsmouth road accident statistics for 1984.