Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 12 Dec 2025, 21:20
- BMW 5 Series and Honda NSC
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025440560453
Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 3HB area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 166 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Charles Dickens ward, Portsmouth, from 2001 to 2025, with 186 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 35 were serious.
In 2025 there were 6 collisions here, up from 4 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 166
- 5,106th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 186
- 1.12 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 3
- 4 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 6
- 4 in 2024
Crash severity at the PO1 3HB hotspot
38 of the 166 collisions here (23%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal31.8%
- Serious3521%
- Slight12877%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 4
- Seriously injured
- 35
- Slightly injured
- 147
- All casualties
- 186
Accidents by year at the PO1 3HB hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 15 in 2004, against an average of 6.6 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the PO1 3HB hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 6
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 |
| 2008 | 10 | 12 |
| 2007 | 7 | 11 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 |
| 2005 | 6 | 8 |
| 2004 | 15 | 16 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2002 | 14 | 17 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9 |
Map of crashes at the PO1 3HB hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near PO1 3HB.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 3HB 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 PO1 3HB 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
- Charles Dickens
- Council area
- Portsmouth
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- PO1 3HB
- Postcode district
- PO1
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 50.79807, -1.10384
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 12 December 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 5,106th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the PO1 3HB hotspot
162 of the 166 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Portsmouth.
Accident hotspots near PO1 3HB
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the St Thomas, Portsmouth, PO5 4AX area, 0.8 km away, with 955 collisions.
- St Thomas, Portsmouth, PO5 4AX area0.8 km away, 1,094 casualties955 collisions
- Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 4AY area1.1 km away, 441 casualties351 collisions
- Harbourside & Town, Gosport, PO12 1EA area1.4 km away, 257 casualties239 collisions
- Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, PO1 1BS area1.6 km away, 2,081 casualties1,822 collisions
- St Jude, Portsmouth, PO5 3LJ area1.7 km away, 149 casualties125 collisions
- Central Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 0DP area2.2 km away, 1,212 casualties1,055 collisions
- St Jude, Portsmouth, PO5 2LA area2.2 km away, 618 casualties534 collisions
- Leesland & Newtown, Gosport, PO12 1QD area2.4 km away, 714 casualties637 collisions
All 166 crashes at the PO1 3HB hotspot
Newest first, from 29 January 2001 to 12 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Toyota Auris crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 15 Oct 2025, 15:30
- Toyota Auris and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025440467725
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 19 Jun 2025, 17:19
- Ford Fiesta and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025440270173
- Slight
Mini Clubman crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 17 Jun 2025, 13:38
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025440265970
- Serious
Citroen DS4 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 2 Jun 2025, 16:23
- Citroen DS4 and an electric motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025440240669
- Slight
Caetano Levante crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 29 Jan 2025, 18:20
- Caetano Levante and an e-scooter
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025440047996
- Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 29 Aug 2024, 16:41
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024440371167
- Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 22 Apr 2024, 08:57
- Hyundai i20 and Skoda Octavia
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024440184662
- Slight
Car crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 6 Apr 2024, 14:28
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024440144533
- Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 19 Jan 2024, 08:58
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2024440026612
- Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 23 Nov 2023, 20:06
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023440480306
- Slight
E-scooter crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 5 Oct 2023, 09:03
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023440406663
- Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 26 Sep 2023, 12:05
- Volkswagen Golf and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023440392870
- Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 14 Sep 2023, 17:48
- Triumph Tiger and Mercedes B Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023440375668
- Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 16 Aug 2023, 12:03
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023440330801
- Slight
Kia Pro Ceed crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 28 Jul 2023, 22:20
- Kia Pro Ceed and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023440307217
- Slight
Sym Jet crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 30 Jun 2023, 20:03
- Sym Jet and Honda CR-V
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023440262121
- Slight
Skoda Roomster crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 5 Oct 2022, 15:24
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022440405227
- Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 22 Sep 2022, 14:03
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022440386217
- Serious
Honda WW125 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 14 Mar 2022, 09:14
- Honda WW125 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022440101796
- Serious
Peugeot 308 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 25 Jan 2022, 07:39
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022440032751
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 27 Aug 2021, 23:09
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021440343356
- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 2 Dec 2020, 18:32
- Mercedes C Class and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020440466389
- Slight
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 6 Jun 2020, 14:42
- Citroen C4 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020440203063
- Slight
Car crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 3 Mar 2020, 10:18
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020440080792
- Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 11 Feb 2020, 09:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020440052703
- Slight
Kia Picanto crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 24 Jan 2020, 19:17
- Kia Picanto and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020440030055
- Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 9 Jan 2020, 08:15
- Vauxhall Vivaro and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020440010016
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 17 Dec 2019, 15:35
- Volkswagen Golf and Mercedes A Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019440452646
- Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 27 Oct 2019, 01:23
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2019440384785
- Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 25 Sep 2019, 20:12
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019440343242
- Serious
Bicycle crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 2 Sep 2019, 10:15
- A bicycle and a van
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019440314570
- Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 25 Jun 2019, 15:56
- Jaguar XJ Series and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019440219273
- Serious
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 13 Jun 2019, 22:55
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019440203685
- Serious
Mini One crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 30 Mar 2019, 19:53
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019440110843
- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 23 Nov 2018, 13:05
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018440439196
- Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 3 Nov 2018, 18:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018440413693
- Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 1 Aug 2018, 17:21
- A motorcycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018440291183
- Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 21 Jul 2018, 12:59
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018440275491
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 23 Mar 2018, 07:45
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018440108002
- Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 28 Jul 2017, 16:05
- A bicycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017440290715
- Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 6 Dec 2016, 19:08
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016440459857
- Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 1 Nov 2016, 18:45
- Volkswagen Passat and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016440413480
- Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 20 Feb 2016, 23:02
- Honda Jazz and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016440074594
- Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 13 Nov 2015, 19:38
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2015440395434
- Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 29 Oct 2015, 12:10
- Mitsubishi Outlander and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015440375853
- Slight
Car crash on the B2154 in Portsmouth, 9 Jun 2015, 12:22
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015440194473
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Portsmouth, 11 May 2015, 08:45
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015440157927