Serious A27 crash in Southampton on 19 December 1983 at 07:55 involving a lorry
A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A27 in Southampton at 07:55 on Monday 19 December 1983. The 39-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Dec 1983
- Monday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93975, longitude -1.36661, in the SO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1983440WP0676
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2020.
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Southampton, 3 September 2020
7 m awayRef 2020440339804
Serious
Lorry crash on the A27 in Eastleigh, 28 February 1989
14 m awayRef 1989440TW0043
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A27 in Southampton, 14 April 2003
14 m awayRef 2003440SP0207
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A27 in Southampton, 17 September 1999
20 m awayRef 1999440SP0447
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Southampton, 28 August 2005
22 m awayRef 2005440646766
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Southampton, 6 September 2025
29 m awayRef 2025440404129
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1983440WP0676 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southampton road accident statistics for 1983.