Serious A2047 crash in Portsmouth on 14 October 2025 at 11:51 involving a Volkswagen Golf
Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle, were involved in a crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth at 11:51 on Tuesday 14 October 2025. The 67-year-old male cyclist 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
- 14 Oct 2025
- Tuesday, 11:51
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volkswagen Golf and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82198, longitude -1.07555, in the PO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO2 9QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440465445
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2047
- 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
- 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
- Moderately 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 June 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 29 June 1986
4 m awayRef 1986440RF0392
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 26 May 1995
11 m awayRef 1995440RF0373
Serious
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 9 August 2005
12 m awayRef 2005440619146
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 22 December 1981
14 m awayRef 1981440KF0717
Slight
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 15 November 1980
14 m awayRef 1980440KF0679
Serious
Car crash on the A2047 in Portsmouth, 27 November 1982
14 m awayRef 1982440KF0685
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 4: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 67, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
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 2025440465445 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.