Serious injury collision — 12 March 2023
Northern Ireland · Belfast · PSNI reference 915
This page brings together the recorded collision, vehicle and casualty information in one report.
What was recorded?
PSNI recorded a serious-severity injury collision on 12 March 2023 at approximately 01:00 in Northern Ireland. The published dataset contains 1 vehicle record and 1 casualty record associated with this collision.
The collision was recorded within Belfast. 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 Belfast 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: 329200
Grid northing: 371067
Original PSNI grid coordinates in metres; these are not GPS latitude and longitude.
Vehicles and casualties
This collision has 1 associated vehicle records and 1 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 | 47 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 44 |
| 2016 | 43 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 59 |
| 2020 | 36 |
| 2021 | 43 |
| 2022 | 37 |
| 2023 | 35 |
| 2024 | 33 |
| 2025 | 36 |
Nearest historical collision records
| Year | Severity | Approx. distance | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Slight | 48m | View record → |
| 2019 | Slight | 48m | View record → |
| 2023 | Slight | 48m | View record → |
| 2025 | Slight | 49m | View record → |
| 2016 | Slight | 49m | View record → |
| 2025 | Slight | 50m | View record → |
| 2015 | Slight | 63m | View record → |
| 2024 | Slight | 67m | 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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Speed-camera sites in Belfast
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 Sydenham Bypass | Not specified | permanent | 50 mph | View site |
| A52 Upper Crumlin Road | Belfast | community | 30 mph | View site |
| A55 Outer Ring | Not specified | permanent | 30 mph, 40 mph, 50 mph | View site |
| Agnes Street | Belfast | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Albertbridge Road | Belfast | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Annadale Embankment | Belfast | community | 30 mph | View site |
| Antrim Road | Not specified | permanent | 30 mph | View site |
| Ballymaconaghy Road | Belfast | community | 40 mph | View site |
| Ballysillan Road | Not specified | permanent | 30 mph | View site |
| Balmoral Avenue | Not specified | permanent | 30 mph | View site |
| Belmont Road | Not specified | permanent | 30 mph | View site |
| Belmont Road | Belfast | community | 30 mph | View site |
Showing 12 of 37 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 | 915 |
| a_District | BELC |
| a_type | 2 |
| a_veh | 1 |
| a_cas | 1 |
| a_wkday | SUN |
| a_day | 12 |
| a_month | 3 |
| a_hour | 1 |
| a_min | 0 |
| a_gd1 | 329200 |
| a_gd2 | 371067 |
| a_ctype | 13 |
| a_speed | 30 |
| a_jdet | 12 |
| a_jcont | 7 |
| a_pedhum | 1 |
| a_pedphys | 1 |
| a_light | 7 |
| a_weat | 10 |
| a_roadsc | 10 |
| a_speccs | 1 |
| a_chaz | 1 |
| a_scene | 2 |
Vehicle record 1
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 915 |
| v_id | 1 |
| v_type | 15 |
| v_tow | 1 |
| v_man | 1 |
| v_loc | 3 |
| v_junc | 2 |
| v_skid | 1 |
| v_hit | 1 |
| v_leave | 1 |
| v_hitoff | 1 |
| v_impact | 3 |
| v_sex | 1 |
| v_agegroup | 5 |
| v_hitr | 1 |
| v_forreg | 1 |
Casualty record 1
| PSNI field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| a_year | 2023 |
| a_ref | 915 |
| v_id | 0 |
| c_id | 1 |
| c_class | 5 |
| c_sex | 1 |
| c_agegroup | 5 |
| c_sever | 2 |
| c_loc | 6 |
| c_move | 8 |
| c_school | 8 |
| c_pcv | 1 |
| c_pedinj | 2 |
| c_vtype |
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.