A288 crash in Portsmouth on 29 March 2012 at 10:55 involving a Kia Picanto
A car, a Kia Picanto and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A288 in Portsmouth at 10:55 on Thursday 29 March 2012. The 47-year-old female driver of the Kia Picanto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2012
- Thursday, 10:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kia Picanto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7946, longitude -1.07954, in the PO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 1BS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440125749
- 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
- Roundabout
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 2151
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2004.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 16 July 2004
1 m awayRef 2004440KK1340
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 22 October 2010
1 m awayRef 2010440449780
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B2051 in Portsmouth, 9 January 2004
1 m awayRef 2004440KK0062
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 2 November 2006
1 m awayRef 2006440445271
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 16 August 2025
1 m awayRef 2025440370657
Serious
Honda CRV crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 25 October 2014
1 m awayRef 2014440385044
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Picanto)
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 2012440125749 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.