A397 crash in Portsmouth on 19 August 2013 at 19:30 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A397 in Portsmouth at 19:30 on Monday 19 August 2013. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 19 Aug 2013
- Monday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84482, longitude -1.06935, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3FZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440313222
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 397
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
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 17 May 2002.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 17 May 2002
3 m awayRef 2002440KK1043
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 26 November 2021
7 m awayRef 2021440475643
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 5 February 2023
7 m awayRef 2023440049199
Serious
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 27 September 2007
9 m awayRef 2007440448036
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 13 July 1995
11 m awayRef 1995440CC0338
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 3 September 1992
11 m awayRef 1992440CC0380
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2013440313222 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 2013.