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Serious B2154 crash in Portsmouth on 16 April 2020 at 19:10 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf hit a pedestrian on the B2154 in Portsmouth at 19:10 on Thursday 16 April 2020. A 29-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Apr 2020
Thursday, 19:10
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78669, longitude -1.07385, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 0DP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020440135134
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 2020440135134 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 2020.