A3 crash in Portsmouth on 9 September 2013 at 15:30 involving an Audi 80
An Audi 80 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 15:30 on Monday 9 September 2013. A 37-year-old female passenger in the Audi 80, a 6-year-old male passenger in the Audi 80 and a 6-year-old female passenger in the Audi 80 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 2013
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi 80 and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80787, longitude -1.08796, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 4AY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013440343176
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi 80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 80)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 80)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 80)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2013440343176 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.