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A33 crash in Southampton on 5 November 2002 at 08:30 involving a Lotus Elise

A Lotus Elise and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 08:30 on Tuesday 5 November 2002. The 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2002
Tuesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Lotus Elise and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95292, longitude -1.40388, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bassett, Southampton, SO16 3PS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002440LR0367
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lotus Elise

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2002440LR0367 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 2002.