A2047 crash in Portsmouth on 15 May 2012 at 18:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth at 18:20 on Tuesday 15 May 2012. The 21-year-old male cyclist 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
- 15 May 2012
- Tuesday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83311, longitude -1.07118, in the PO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO2 9QJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440186579
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2047
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2017.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 1 August 2017
3 m awayRef 2017440295704
Slight
Honda crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 7 June 1996
4 m awayRef 1996440RF0338
Slight
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 28 April 1999
4 m awayRef 1999440RF0301
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 29 April 1993
4 m awayRef 1993440CC0203
Slight
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 23 January 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440046647
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 3 January 2023
4 m awayRef 2023440003859
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
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 2012440186579 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.