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Serious unclassified road crash in Portsmouth PO4 on 18 December 2025 at 08:09 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Portsmouth at 08:09 on Thursday 18 December 2025. The 55-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 2025
Thursday, 08:09
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79284, longitude -1.05246, in the PO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portsmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milton, Portsmouth, PO4 9DR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Portsmouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025440568564
Council area
Portsmouth
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2025440568564 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.