Serious A3 crash in Portsmouth on 20 January 2014 at 06:59 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 06:59 on Monday 20 January 2014. The 39-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jan 2014
- Monday, 06:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80779, longitude -1.08804, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440022353
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 92%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 8%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2021.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 8 February 2021
5 m awayRef 2021440048313
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 5 January 2025
9 m awayRef 2025440005713
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 9 September 2013
9 m awayRef 2013440343176
Serious
Citroen C2 crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 5 May 2010
10 m awayRef 2010440182555
Slight
Bus crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 26 April 2002
12 m awayRef 2002440KK0885
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 10 November 2025
18 m awayRef 2025440508933
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 39, 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 2014440022353 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 2014.