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A3 crash in Portsmouth on 11 October 1998 at 12:00 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 12:00 on Sunday 11 October 1998. The 7-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 1998
Sunday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84806, longitude -1.0758, 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
1998440RC0529
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, 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 1998440RC0529 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 1998.