A3 crash in Portsmouth on 4 August 2014 at 18:25 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 18:25 on Monday 4 August 2014. The 19-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van was 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
- 4 Aug 2014
- Monday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8477, longitude -1.07433, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440280402
- 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 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2013.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 5 September 2013
3 m awayRef 2013440336760
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 10 June 1987
4 m awayRef 1987440CC0209
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 26 August 1988
4 m awayRef 1988440CC0336
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 25 March 1983
4 m awayRef 1983440CC0106
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 23 November 1983
4 m awayRef 1983440CC0451
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 8 December 1989
4 m awayRef 1989440CC0619
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
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 2014440280402 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.