A2030 crash in Portsmouth on 21 February 2008 at 12:00 involving a Volvo 850
A Volvo 850 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth at 12:00 on Thursday 21 February 2008. The 38-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2008
- Thursday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo 850 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7947, longitude -1.06848, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 0DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440077338
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2014.
Slight
Van crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 11 July 2014
5 m awayRef 2014440265027
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 23 September 2021
6 m awayRef 2021440384939
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 15 November 2018
7 m awayRef 2018440428764
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 1 March 2023
8 m awayRef 2023440084849
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 23 April 2016
9 m awayRef 2016440153621
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 11 February 2008
10 m awayRef 2008440062282
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo 850
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 38, 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 2008440077338 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 2008.