Slight injury collision — 3 October 2023
Northern Ireland · Ards and North Down · PSNI reference 3681
This page brings together the recorded collision, vehicle and casualty information in one report.
What was recorded?
PSNI recorded a slight-severity injury collision on 3 October 2023 at approximately 08:31 in Northern Ireland. The published dataset contains 3 vehicle records and 3 casualty records associated with this collision.
The collision was recorded within Ards and North Down. The published district identifies the council area, not the exact road.
The source records do not, by themselves, establish how the collision unfolded, what caused it or who was responsible.
Where did this collision happen?
PSNI recorded this collision in the Ards and North Down council area of Northern Ireland.
An exact road or junction name will only be displayed after the original collision coordinates have been accurately matched to verified mapping data.
Plot the recorded grid reference on a road map. The marker represents the published PSNI location, not a verified street address or precise point of impact.
View original location coordinates
Grid easting: 350558
Grid northing: 372631
Original PSNI grid coordinates in metres; these are not GPS latitude and longitude.
Vehicles and casualties
This collision has 3 associated vehicle records and 3 associated casualty records.
Other recorded injury collisions nearby
We searched the PSNI injury-collision records for 2013–2025 around this recorded location. The collision you're viewing is excluded from these totals.
Collision severity within 1km
Recorded collisions by year within 1km
| Year | Recorded collisions nearby |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 |
Nearest historical collision records
| Year | Severity | Approx. distance | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Slight | 55m | View record → |
| 2023 | Slight | 77m | View record → |
| 2020 | Fatal | 124m | View record → |
| 2022 | Slight | 174m | View record → |
| 2019 | Slight | 239m | View record → |
| 2018 | Slight | 261m | View record → |
| 2021 | Slight | 271m | View record → |
| 2017 | Slight | 279m | View record → |
Distances are straight-line measurements between PSNI Irish Grid locations, not driving distances. These are historical injury-collision counts, not a measure of the risk of travelling on the surrounding roads.
Speed cameras and enforcement in this area
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This directory does not indicate where a mobile camera van is operating now, or establish that speeding contributed to this particular collision.
Speed-camera sites in Ards and North Down
PureCar cross-references the published PSNI speed-camera directory with the council area recorded for this collision. These locations provide historical enforcement context.
| Published road | Locality | Site category | Published limit | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2 Belfast Road, Bangor | Not specified | permanent | 40 mph, 60 mph | View site |
| Ballycrochan Road | Bangor | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Ballygowan Road | Comber | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Ballywalter Road | Millisle | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Bangor Ring Road | Not specified | permanent | 40 mph | View site |
| Bangor Road, Newtownards | Not specified | permanent | 40 mph | View site |
| Belfast Road | Holywood | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Belfast Road | Newtownards | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Bryansburn Road | Bangor | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Carrickmannon | Ballygowan | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Comber Road/Killyleagh Road | Balloo | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Cotton Road | Bangor | community | 60 mph | View site |
Showing 12 of 35 published council-area records.
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These are published locations across the council area, not necessarily sites near this collision. This section does not identify a live speed van, prove an enforcement vehicle was present on the collision date, or imply speeding caused the collision.
Original PSNI evidence
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Collision circumstances — original fields
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 3681 |
| a_District | ARND |
| a_type | 3 |
| a_veh | 3 |
| a_cas | 3 |
| a_wkday | TUE |
| a_day | 3 |
| a_month | 10 |
| a_hour | 8 |
| a_min | 31 |
| a_gd1 | 350558 |
| a_gd2 | 372631 |
| a_ctype | 13 |
| a_speed | 60 |
| a_jdet | |
| a_jcont | |
| a_pedhum | |
| a_pedphys | |
| a_light | |
| a_weat | |
| a_roadsc | |
| a_speccs | |
| a_chaz | |
| a_scene |
Vehicle record 1
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 3681 |
| v_id | 1 |
| v_type | 8 |
| v_tow | 1 |
| v_man | 18 |
| v_loc | 3 |
| v_junc | |
| v_skid | |
| v_hit | |
| v_leave | |
| v_hitoff | |
| v_impact | 2 |
| v_sex | 2 |
| v_agegroup | 6 |
| v_hitr | 1 |
| v_forreg |
Vehicle record 2
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 3681 |
| v_id | 2 |
| v_type | 17 |
| v_tow | 1 |
| v_man | 18 |
| v_loc | 3 |
| v_junc | |
| v_skid | |
| v_hit | |
| v_leave | |
| v_hitoff | |
| v_impact | 2 |
| v_sex | 1 |
| v_agegroup | 7 |
| v_hitr | 1 |
| v_forreg |
Vehicle record 3
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 3681 |
| v_id | 3 |
| v_type | 8 |
| v_tow | 1 |
| v_man | 18 |
| v_loc | 3 |
| v_junc | |
| v_skid | |
| v_hit | |
| v_leave | |
| v_hitoff | |
| v_impact | 4 |
| v_sex | 2 |
| v_agegroup | 5 |
| v_hitr | 1 |
| v_forreg |
Casualty record 1
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 3681 |
| v_id | 1 |
| c_id | 1 |
| c_class | 1 |
| c_sex | 2 |
| c_agegroup | 6 |
| c_sever | 3 |
| c_loc | |
| c_move | |
| c_school | 8 |
| c_pcv | |
| c_pedinj | |
| c_vtype | 8 |
Casualty record 2
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 3681 |
| v_id | 2 |
| c_id | 2 |
| c_class | 1 |
| c_sex | 1 |
| c_agegroup | 7 |
| c_sever | 3 |
| c_loc | |
| c_move | |
| c_school | 8 |
| c_pcv | |
| c_pedinj | |
| c_vtype | 17 |
Casualty record 3
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 3681 |
| v_id | 3 |
| c_id | 3 |
| c_class | 1 |
| c_sex | 2 |
| c_agegroup | 5 |
| c_sever | 3 |
| c_loc | |
| c_move | |
| c_school | 8 |
| c_pcv | |
| c_pedinj | |
| c_vtype | 8 |
About this information
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland historical injury road traffic collision dataset, 2023. This is a statistical record, not a police investigation report. Damage-only and unreported collisions are not represented.
PureCar displays the information recorded in the published dataset. A recorded circumstance does not necessarily establish the cause of a collision.