A33 crash in Southampton on 29 December 2001 at 18:20 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106, a Ford Escort and a Saab 900 were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 18:20 on Saturday 29 December 2001. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2001
- Saturday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 106 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91866, longitude -1.40417, in the SO17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bevois, Southampton, SO14 6TZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001440SP0697
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 33
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 1989.
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 25 July 1989
10 m awayRef 1989440WP0379
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A33 in Southampton, 16 September 2002
10 m awayRef 2002440SP0460
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A33 in Southampton, 20 February 2004
10 m awayRef 2004440SP0086
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A33 in Southampton, 1 July 2002
10 m awayRef 2002440SP0337
Slight
Car crash on the A33 in Southampton, 6 July 2018
13 m awayRef 2018440253137
Serious
E-scooter crash on the A33 in Southampton, 11 August 2025
13 m awayRef 2025440361263
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 900
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 2001440SP0697 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 2001.