A27 crash in Portsmouth on 31 October 2018 at 08:43 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A27 in Portsmouth at 08:43 on Wednesday 31 October 2018. The 65-year-old female driver of the BMW 5 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2018
- Wednesday, 08:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83612, longitude -1.06203, in the PO6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2SR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440408688
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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 9 April 2017.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 9 April 2017
6 m awayRef 2017440132150
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 31 October 2012
13 m awayRef 2012440425539
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 6 January 2009
16 m awayRef 2009440006533
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 17 December 2008
16 m awayRef 2008440558537
Serious
Vauxhall Signum crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 30 October 2014
18 m awayRef 2014440391212
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the A27 in Portsmouth, 4 June 2016
21 m awayRef 2016440208054
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018440408688 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.