A2030 crash in Portsmouth on 14 June 1998 at 13:58 involving a Ford Granada
Four vehicles, including a Ford Granada and a Renault Espace, were involved in a crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth at 13:58 on Sunday 14 June 1998. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort, the 42-year-old male driver of the Renault Espace and the 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 1998
- Sunday, 13:58
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Granada and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83082, longitude -1.0449, in the PO3 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998440RF0394
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2030
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2003.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 1 October 2003
10 m awayRef 2003440KK1940
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 18 September 2018
11 m awayRef 2018440352801
Slight
Suzuki GSXR crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 24 October 2025
13 m awayRef 2025440481312
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 9 January 2017
13 m awayRef 2017440010344
Fatal
Fiat Bravo crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 8 February 2001
20 m awayRef 2001440KK0289
Slight
Car crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 6 August 1987
22 m awayRef 1987440RF0438
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,792 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Renault 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)
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 1998440RF0394 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.