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A288 crash in Portsmouth on 24 February 2008 at 02:52 involving an Audi Q7

An Audi Q7 crashed on the A288 in Portsmouth at 02:52 on Sunday 24 February 2008. The 25-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 2008
Sunday, 02:52
Vehicles
1
Audi Q7
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77929, longitude -1.07602, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Jude, Portsmouth, PO5 2LA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008440081988
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
288
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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
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 20 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi Q7

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q7)

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 2008440081988 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.