A3 crash in Portsmouth on 13 March 2014 at 11:45 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a car, were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 11:45 on Thursday 13 March 2014. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and the 45-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito van were 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
- 13 Mar 2014
- Thursday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84302, longitude -1.06941, 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
- 2014440088550
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2001.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 1 May 2001
4 m awayRef 2001440KK0945
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 14 May 2004
11 m awayRef 2004440KK0929
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 17 July 2005
11 m awayRef 2005440588091
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 23 September 2003
12 m awayRef 2003440KK1875
Slight
Daewoo Nubira crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 11 September 2000
12 m awayRef 2000440RC0594
Serious
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 24 September 1994
14 m awayRef 1994440CC0426
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 4: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 4 (Mercedes Vito)
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 2014440088550 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.