A2030 crash in Portsmouth on 17 December 2017 at 14:10 involving a Mercedes Gle Class
Two Mercedes Gle Class cars were involved in a crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth at 14:10 on Sunday 17 December 2017. The 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 39-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Gle Class and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83852, longitude -1.04215, in the PO6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drayton and Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1SR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017440488700
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2030
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1991.
Slight
Bedford crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 13 December 1991
10 m awayRef 1991440RF0757
Serious
Car crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 6 September 1983
13 m awayRef 1983440CC0356
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 19 September 2025
21 m awayRef 2025440425028
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 12 November 2004
23 m awayRef 2004440KK2213
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 17 February 2004
32 m awayRef 2004440KK0326
Slight
Renault crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 8 December 2003
51 m awayRef 2003440KK2518
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Gle Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Gle Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Gle Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Gle Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017440488700 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.