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Serious A3 crash in Portsmouth on 24 September 2025 at 08:26 involving a Kia Ceed

A car, a Kia Ceed and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A3 in Portsmouth at 08:26 on Wednesday 24 September 2025. The 43-year-old female driver of the Kia Ceed was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 2025
Wednesday, 08:26
Vehicles
3
Kia Ceed and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84702, longitude -1.07054, in the PO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3FZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025440432231
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,582 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 3: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Ceed)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2025440432231 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.