A3 crash in Portsmouth on 7 March 2016 at 15:45 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Bentley Continental were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 15:45 on Monday 7 March 2016. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Corolla was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2016
- Monday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Bentley Continental
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84844, longitude -1.06571, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drayton and Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 2BN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440094299
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2177
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 15 July 2022
At the same spotRef 2022440284027
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 11 November 1991
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Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 4 April 1989
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Slight
Vespa (Douglas) crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 3 July 2002
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Slight
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Serious
Renault Grand Scenic crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 17 April 2022
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bentley Continental
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2016440094299 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.