A3 crash in Portsmouth on 7 May 2018 at 15:30 involving a Peugeot Premier taxi
A bicycle and a Peugeot Premier taxi were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 15:30 on Monday 7 May 2018. The 47-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2018
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Peugeot Premier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79272, longitude -1.09931, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Thomas, Portsmouth, PO5 4AX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440170931
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- B
- Second road number
- 2154
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 26 June 2015
1 m awayRef 2015440217445
Serious
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 24 August 1986
3 m awayRef 1986440KC0230
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 21 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440222780
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 31 January 2018
4 m awayRef 2018440041023
Slight
Taxi crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 20 April 2018
5 m awayRef 2018440146381
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A3 in Portsmouth, 4 December 2008
7 m awayRef 2008440540277
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Premier
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 47, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018440170931 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.