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A3 crash in Portsmouth on 7 May 2012 at 19:40 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 19:40 on Monday 7 May 2012. The 20-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 May 2012
Monday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7928, longitude -1.09949, 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
2012440175726
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
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
2154

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,793 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, on vehicle 2 (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 2012440175726 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.