A2047 crash in Portsmouth on 29 May 2016 at 22:50 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Renault Trafic were involved in a crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth at 22:50 on Sunday 29 May 2016. The 59-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 30-year-old male driver of the Renault Trafic were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 May 2016
- Sunday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82291, longitude -1.07451, 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
- 2016440201176
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2017.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 26 December 2017
2 m awayRef 2017440499003
Serious
Car crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 30 December 1988
4 m awayRef 1988440RF0842
Slight
Sym Jet crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 5 August 2021
5 m awayRef 2021440311383
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 20 November 2010
6 m awayRef 2010440492247
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 13 March 2018
7 m awayRef 2018440095073
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 24 March 2025
9 m awayRef 2025440128205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016440201176 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.