A3 crash in Portsmouth on 21 September 2010 at 19:53 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 19:53 on Tuesday 21 September 2010. The 21-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2010
- Tuesday, 19:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79995, longitude -1.09562, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 4AY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010440403039
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2154
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 7 October 1983
At the same spotRef 1983440KC0314
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 12 April 1992
At the same spotRef 1992440KC0089
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 11 June 2021
1 m awayRef 2021440228790
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 26 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025440229559
Slight
Mazda RX8 crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 5 June 2017
3 m awayRef 2017440213131
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 8 November 2023
3 m awayRef 2023440456365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 21, on vehicle 1 (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 2010440403039 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 2010.