Serious A3 crash in Portsmouth on 13 June 2017 at 15:00 involving a Toyota C-HR
A Toyota C-HR and a Renault Twingo were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 15:00 on Tuesday 13 June 2017. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Renault Twingo 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
- 13 Jun 2017
- Tuesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota C-HR and Renault Twingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83411, longitude -1.07197, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440224818
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3
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
- 89%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 11%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2015.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 11 July 2015
1 m awayRef 2015440237143
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 29 November 2017
2 m awayRef 2017440464806
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 2 September 2013
2 m awayRef 2013440332027
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 14 March 2016
2 m awayRef 2016440102635
Slight
Kia Magentis crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 27 September 2016
3 m awayRef 2016440365155
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 19 April 2025
3 m awayRef 2025440170992
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota C-HR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Twingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Twingo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017440224818 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 2017.