A3 crash in Portsmouth on 17 July 2017 at 18:09 involving a Skyjet SJ 125 motorcycle
A Skyjet SJ 125 motorcycle and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 18:09 on Monday 17 July 2017. The 22-year-old male rider of the Skyjet SJ 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jul 2017
- Monday, 18:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skyjet SJ 125 and Hyundai Tucson
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84651, longitude -1.06849, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440274947
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2013.
Slight
Taxi crash on the A397 in Portsmouth, 25 April 2013
4 m awayRef 2013440148865
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 15 June 1994
6 m awayRef 1994440CC0274
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 5 November 1983
6 m awayRef 1983440CC0429
Slight
Volvo crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 16 July 2003
6 m awayRef 2003440KK1413
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 8 December 1992
6 m awayRef 1992440CC0570
Slight
Wrightbus Streetlite crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 21 October 2018
7 m awayRef 2018440396159
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skyjet SJ 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Skyjet SJ 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017440274947 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.