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A3 crash in Portsmouth on 8 November 1990 at 09:50 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi

A Vauxhall Cavalier taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 09:50 on Thursday 8 November 1990. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1990
Thursday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79785, longitude -1.10616, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440KC0344
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, 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 1990440KC0344 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 1990.