A2030 crash in Portsmouth on 8 December 2000 at 08:45 involving a Sym Husky motorcycle
A Sym Husky motorcycle and a Vauxhall Frontera were involved in a crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth at 08:45 on Friday 8 December 2000. The 22-year-old male rider of the Sym Husky motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2000
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Sym Husky and Vauxhall Frontera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79459, longitude -1.06593, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000440KS1002
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2030
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2001.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 1 September 2001
20 m awayRef 2001440KK1894
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 13 June 1998
20 m awayRef 1998440KS0407
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 21 September 2013
21 m awayRef 2013440359321
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the B2153 in Portsmouth, 1 October 1990
22 m awayRef 1990440VS0410
Serious
Car crash on the B2153 in Portsmouth, 25 January 1983
22 m awayRef 1983440VS0025
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 10 March 2007
28 m awayRef 2007440112000
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Sym Husky
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Frontera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,410 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Sym Husky)
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 2000440KS1002 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 2000.