Police car is mangled in a crash with a BMW outside Portsmouth Naval Base blocking M275
The incident took place shortly before 10.45am at the junction of Mile End Road and Princess Royal Way – near the Trafalgar Gate entrance to the dockyard. Pictures from the scene show a marked police car with a mangled bonnet blocking the M275 northbound, having smashed through the railings by the traffic lights. A black BMW, also involved in the collision, has blasted through the metal railings by the pedestrian crossing, with the car suffering significant damage to its rear end.
Sign up to our daily newsletter
The i newsletter cut through the noise
Police pictured at the scene of the crash outside Portsmouth Naval Base on January 6, 2021. Photo: Habibur Rahman
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20height="757"%20width="1600"%20xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"%20version="1.1"/%3E)
The collision has partially blocked the M275, restricting access into the naval base.
Read More
Read More
Royal Navy’s mighty carrier strike group declared ready for war by defence chief…
Paramedics and police are currently at the scene and diverting traffic.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth City Council has warned motorists to avoid the area and to expect delays for anyone heading out of the city.
Emergency services pictured at the scene of the crash outside Portsmouth Naval Base on January 6, 2021.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20height="1066"%20width="1599"%20xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"%20version="1.1"/%3E)
Photo: Habibur Rahman
More details to follow.
A message from the Editor, Mark Waldron
The News is more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription to support our journalism.
You can subscribe here for unlimited access to Portsmouth news online – as well as our new Puzzles section.
Emergency services pictured at the scene of the crash outside Portsmouth Naval Base on January 6, 2021. Photo: Habibur Rahman
Emergency services pictured at the scene of the crash outside Portsmouth Naval Base on January 6, 2021.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20height="757"%20width="1136"%20xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"%20version="1.1"/%3E)
Photo: Habibur Rahman
