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A288 crash in Portsmouth on 17 May 2025 at 01:47 involving a Toyota Aygo

A Toyota Aygo crashed on the A288 in Portsmouth at 01:47 on Saturday 17 May 2025. A 21-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2025
Saturday, 01:47
Vehicles
1
Toyota Aygo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78519, longitude -1.09408, in the PO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Jude, Portsmouth, PO5 3LJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025440214636
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 24 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025440214636 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 2025.