A3 crash in Portsmouth on 11 October 2011 at 10:30 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 10:30 on Tuesday 11 October 2011. The 65-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2011
- Tuesday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84686, longitude -1.06858, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3FZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011440431836
- 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
- Single 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2002.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 26 September 2002
At the same spotRef 2002440KK2049
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 30 December 1994
At the same spotRef 1994440CC0600
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 4 August 2006
At the same spotRef 2006440301005
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 21 April 2009
At the same spotRef 2009440172033
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 5 June 2004
At the same spotRef 2004440KK1086
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 22 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019440256985
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
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 2011440431836 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 2011.