A2030 crash in Portsmouth on 31 December 2006 at 13:15 involving a Volkswagen Touran
A Volkswagen Touran, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth at 13:15 on Sunday 31 December 2006. A 6-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Touran, a 6-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Touran and a 2-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2006
- Sunday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Touran and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81554, longitude -1.04379, in the PO3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Copnor, Portsmouth, PO3 5RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006440536436
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2013.
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 11 June 2013
9 m awayRef 2013440211687
Slight
Car crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 3 July 1984
10 m awayRef 1984440RF0408
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 16 May 1992
20 m awayRef 1992440RF0259
Serious
Peugeot Expert crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 11 August 2025
21 m awayRef 2025440360667
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 23 April 2011
22 m awayRef 2011440169493
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 3 March 1988
22 m awayRef 1988440RF0159
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2006440536436 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 2006.