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Serious A288 crash in Portsmouth on 4 November 2008 at 15:05 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A288 in Portsmouth at 15:05 on Tuesday 4 November 2008. A 13-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Nov 2008
Tuesday, 15:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8014, longitude -1.06324, in the PO3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milton, Portsmouth, PO4 8GU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008440490992
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

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
91%
Estimated chance it was slight
9%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2008440490992 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.