A3 crash in Portsmouth on 26 May 2016 at 07:40 involving a Honda CRV
A bicycle and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 07:40 on Thursday 26 May 2016. The 39-year-old male cyclist 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
- 26 May 2016
- Thursday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Honda CRV
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83392, longitude -1.07179, in the PO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO2 9QJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440196373
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2047
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2013.
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Toyota Yaris crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 18 November 2015
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Bicycle crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 22 October 2015
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Serious
Seat Arosa crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 4 February 2007
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016440196373 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.