A3 crash in Portsmouth on 10 January 2016 at 15:15 involving a Qingqi QM 125 GY motorcycle
A Qingqi QM 125 GY motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 15:15 on Sunday 10 January 2016. The 20-year-old male rider of the Qingqi QM 125 GY motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 2016
- Sunday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Qingqi QM 125 GY and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.847, longitude -1.0704, 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
- 2016440014183
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 September 2025.
Serious
Kia Ceed crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 24 September 2025
11 m awayRef 2025440432231
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 9 September 1998
13 m awayRef 1998440RC0464
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 22 February 2000
13 m awayRef 2000440RC0133
Slight
Volkswagen Vento crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 28 August 2005
13 m awayRef 2005440646404
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 11 January 2022
14 m awayRef 2022440013399
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 24 July 2018
15 m awayRef 2018440280049
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Qingqi QM 125 GY
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Qingqi QM 125 GY)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 2016440014183 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 2016.