A33 crash in Southampton on 28 August 2003 at 02:30 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 02:30 on Thursday 28 August 2003. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2003
- Thursday, 02:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94052, longitude -1.40717, 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 7EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003440SC0455
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 35
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 April 2008.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A33 in Southampton, 13 April 2008
At the same spotRef 2008440158118
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A33 in Southampton, 18 October 2009
At the same spotRef 2009440453291
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A33 in Southampton, 1 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025440494147
Serious
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A33 in Southampton, 16 September 2016
9 m awayRef 2016440350073
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A33 in Southampton, 22 November 2016
10 m awayRef 2016440441064
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A33 in Southampton, 29 December 1983
10 m awayRef 1983440WP0696
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2003440SC0455 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 2003.