A288 crash in Portsmouth on 8 May 2018 at 17:26 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A288 in Portsmouth at 17:26 on Tuesday 8 May 2018. The 28-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2018
- Tuesday, 17:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7979, longitude -1.0603, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milton, Portsmouth, PO4 8GU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440170400
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2030
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1994.
Slight
Honda SH50H crash on the A228 in Portsmouth, 24 October 1994
3 m awayRef 1994440VS0405
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 23 September 2012
5 m awayRef 2012440374530
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 28 November 2019
6 m awayRef 2019440428836
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A2030 in Portsmouth, 23 December 1994
7 m awayRef 1994440VS0531
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 2 April 2005
7 m awayRef 2005440439538
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A288 in Portsmouth, 29 February 2024
8 m awayRef 2024440088406
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018440170400 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 2018.