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Serious B2153 crash in Portsmouth on 4 January 1985 at 10:30 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the B2153 in Portsmouth at 10:30 on Friday 4 January 1985. The 21-year-old male rider of the motor scooter and a 19-year-old female passenger on the motor scooter were seriously 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
4 Jan 1985
Friday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79308, longitude -1.06, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985440VS0003
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2153
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 1985440VS0003 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 1985.