Serious A2047 crash in Portsmouth on 23 September 2015 at 14:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth at 14:55 on Wednesday 23 September 2015. The 26-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Sep 2015
- Wednesday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8067, longitude -1.0771, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fratton, Portsmouth, PO1 5NA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440329083
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2047
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 90%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 10%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2015.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 10 December 2015
1 m awayRef 2015440430983
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 8 May 2025
3 m awayRef 2025440200353
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 10 January 2002
4 m awayRef 2002440KK0058
Slight
Mazda 1400 crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 3 June 1990
4 m awayRef 1990440RF0351
Slight
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 8 April 1989
4 m awayRef 1989440RF0241
Slight
Van crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 3 August 1989
4 m awayRef 1989440RF0508
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (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 2015440329083 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 2015.