M275 crash in Portsmouth on 1 October 2025 at 15:50 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Volkswagen Tiguan and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the M275 in Portsmouth at 15:50 on Wednesday 1 October 2025. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van, a 33-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan and the 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2025
- Wednesday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82981, longitude -1.08853, in the PO2 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440444579
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 275
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 2015.
Serious
Dacia Sandero crash on the M275 in Portsmouth, 15 December 2015
6 m awayRef 2015440439384
Slight
Honda NC750XA crash on the M27 in Portsmouth, 15 May 2018
7 m awayRef 2018440179976
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the M275 in Portsmouth, 1 November 2014
11 m awayRef 2014440393942
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M275 in Portsmouth, 13 May 2025
13 m awayRef 2025440208920
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the M275 in Portsmouth, 19 March 2004
15 m awayRef 2004440KK0514
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M275 in Portsmouth, 26 January 2005
20 m awayRef 2005445KK0163
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- 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 2025440444579 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.