A288 crash in Portsmouth on 7 September 2017 at 20:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on the A288 in Portsmouth at 20:05 on Thursday 7 September 2017. The 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2017
- Thursday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81446, longitude -1.06461, in the PO3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Baffins, Portsmouth, PO3 5BA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440347596
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 288
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 1994.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 28 September 1994
6 m awayRef 1994440RF0591
Slight
Car crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 12 February 1985
8 m awayRef 1985440RF0091
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 28 April 2024
9 m awayRef 2024440177693
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 22 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025440478224
Serious
Toyota Auris crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 22 May 2018
12 m awayRef 2018440190133
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 14 January 1998
15 m awayRef 1998440RF0037
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017440347596 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.