A3 crash in Portsmouth on 23 October 1989 at 22:30 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 22:30 on Monday 23 October 1989. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Oct 1989
- Monday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84666, longitude -1.06887, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1989440CC0519
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 1984.
Serious
Van crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 26 September 1984
At the same spotRef 1984440CC0331
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 2 December 1992
At the same spotRef 1992440CC0551
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 8 October 1985
At the same spotRef 1985440CC0404
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 31 January 1994
At the same spotRef 1994440CC0054
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 8 February 1985
At the same spotRef 1985440CC0051
Serious
Taxi crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 8 January 2023
6 m awayRef 2023440013461
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,335 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 1989440CC0519 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 1989.