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PO5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,360 road traffic collisions in the PO5 postcode district, Portsmouth, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,056 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 25 were fatal and 775 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 51 collisions, down 4% on 2024 (53).

Collisions since 1979
4,360
750th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,056
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
25
25 people killed
Serious collisions
775
830 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
51
Down 4% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
56
Down 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for PO5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal250.6%
  • Serious77518%
  • Slight3,56082%

What the data shows

  • PO5 had 548 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 712 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in PO5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 521 children under 16 were killed or injured in PO5, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in PO5.

Where PO5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
750th
Most casualties
981st
Most fatal collisions
1,994th
Most serious collisions
787th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday586 (13%)
  • Tuesday586 (13%)
  • Wednesday614 (14%)
  • Thursday670 (15%)
  • Friday741 (17%)
  • Saturday667 (15%)
  • Sunday496 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,897 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,326 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown108 (2.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,643 (84%)
  • Roundabout419 (9.6%)
  • Dual carriageway172 (3.9%)
  • One way street or slip road94 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded32 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph154 (3.5%)
  • 30 mph4,143 (95%)
  • 40 mph52 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph5 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,560 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds480 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds83 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds81 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other129 (3%)
  • Not recorded12 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,489 (29%)
  • Cyclist1,343 (27%)
  • Pedestrian1,124 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist722 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant147 (2.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant134 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant46 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded26 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PO5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PO5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PO5 peaked at 147 in 1985; 2025 had 51.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 51
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255156
20245359
20235669
20226272
20214148
20206267
20195060
20186574
20175662
20165255
20157075
20147583
20137684
20128086
20118589
20106065
20097699
20085056
20077892
20066273
20056175
200495112
2003102124
200288102
2001100113
2000101114
199999115
199892108
1997114134
1996115131
1995134156
1994111128
1993141182
1992125146
1991122137
1990139158
1989142163
1988128153
1987106131
1986106123
1985147162
1984145166
1983133152
1982130152
1981115138
198091112
1979118145

Map of recent crashes in PO5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PO5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PO5

The 24 most recent collisions in PO5 happened between 8 July and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PO5

The B2154 has the most collisions in PO5, 510 of 4,360 (12%), followed by the B2151 (461).

Collisions in PO5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB2154510578288
2ndB2151461556197
3rdA288378465177
4thA2030187203133
5thB2155116131119
6thA2047657209
7thA3293505
8thB2134242605
9thA204141801
10thB21529900
11thB21536601
12thB21313300

Council area for PO5

PO5 is in Portsmouth, where police recorded 36,247 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PO5 accounts for 12% of them.

Town in PO5

Of the 4,360 collisions in PO5, 3,975 (91%) were in Portsmouth.