A2047 crash in Portsmouth on 4 January 2004 at 10:25 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle
A motorcycle and a Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth at 10:25 on Sunday 4 January 2004. The 41-year-old female rider of the motorcycle and a 15-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2004
- Sunday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vespa (Douglas)
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82174, longitude -1.0759, in the PO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nelson, Portsmouth, PO2 8PG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004440KK0010
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 3 July 2003
10 m awayRef 2003440KK1314
Slight
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 9 October 1987
14 m awayRef 1987440RF0573
Slight
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 24 November 2010
14 m awayRef 2010440497650
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 12 January 1999
14 m awayRef 1999440RF0028
Serious
Audi A1 crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 1 February 2025
19 m awayRef 2025440048200
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 14 November 2017
19 m awayRef 2017440443372
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Vespa (Douglas)
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 41, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2004440KK0010 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 2004.