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Serious B2154 crash in Portsmouth on 21 July 2018 at 12:59 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class hit a pedestrian on the B2154 in Portsmouth at 12:59 on Saturday 21 July 2018. A 71-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jul 2018
Saturday, 12:59
Vehicles
1
Mercedes A Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79692, longitude -1.10491, in the PO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 3HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018440275491
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2154
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
93%
Estimated chance it was slight
7%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    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
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2018440275491 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.