Serious B2151 crash in Portsmouth on 21 November 2012 at 12:00 involving a van
A van hit a pedestrian on the B2151 in Portsmouth at 12:00 on Wednesday 21 November 2012. A 68-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Nov 2012
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79346, longitude -1.07987, in the PO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 0DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440453787
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2151
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 92%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 8%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2015.
Slight
Volvo C70 crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 9 May 2015
1 m awayRef 2015440155942
Slight
Renault Captur crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 4 September 2022
1 m awayRef 2022440361160
Slight
Car crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 9 February 2015
4 m awayRef 2015440046883
Slight
Car crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 7 January 2022
5 m awayRef 2022440008192
Slight
Mazda CX-30 crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 24 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025440531098
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the B2151 in Portsmouth, 23 October 2018
5 m awayRef 2018440399324
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2012440453787 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.