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Unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO1 on 16 March 2012 at 18:10 involving a Volkswagen Lupo

A Volkswagen Lupo and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 18:10 on Friday 16 March 2012. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 2012
Friday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Lupo and Ford KA
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79648, longitude -1.09874, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Thomas, Portsmouth, PO5 4AX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012440106393
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 18 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo

    Car

    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2012440106393 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 2012.