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Baffins, Portsmouth, PO3 5BA area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
623
838th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
692
1.11 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
21
Up 11% on 2024

Crash severity at the PO3 5BA hotspot

114 of the 623 collisions here (18%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.2%
  • Serious11318%
  • Slight50982%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
114
Slightly injured
577
All casualties
692

Accidents by year at the PO3 5BA hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 39 in 2002, against an average of 25 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the PO3 5BA hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252121
20241922
20231616
20221920
20211717
20201619
20193334
20182326
20172125
20162932
20151919
20142732
20132324
20122626
20112829
20102730
20091919
20082427
20073541
20063034
20053038
20042428
20033235
20023949
20012629

Map of crashes at the PO3 5BA hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near PO3 5BA.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Baffins, Portsmouth, PO3 5BA area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the PO3 5BA hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Baffins
Council area
Portsmouth
Nearest postcode to the centre
PO3 5BA
Postcode district
PO3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.81344, -1.06352
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
1 December 2025
Rank by collisions
838th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the PO3 5BA hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A288, with 264 of 623, followed by the A228 with 7.

Collisions at the PO3 5BA hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA288264295147
2ndA2287702
3rdA20471100
4thA2681100

Towns near the PO3 5BA hotspot

594 of the 623 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Portsmouth.

All 623 crashes at the PO3 5BA hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 1 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year