A35 crash in Southampton on 23 July 2008 at 16:50 involving a Mercedes CLK Class
A Mercedes CLK Class and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A35 in Southampton at 16:50 on Wednesday 23 July 2008. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2008
- Wednesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes CLK Class and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9382, longitude -1.39282, in the SO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swaythling, Southampton, SO17 3TF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008440325320
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2024.
Slight
Sym Jet crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 4 November 2024
6 m awayRef 2024440480650
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A35 in Southampton, 30 September 2025
14 m awayRef 2025440447219
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A35 in Southampton, 13 September 1987
14 m awayRef 1987440WP0425
Slight
Toyota crash on the A35 in Southampton, 29 September 2025
15 m awayRef 2025440439990
Slight
Nissan Patrol crash on the A35 in Southampton, 23 January 1997
20 m awayRef 1997440WP0040
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in Southampton, 23 November 1988
20 m awayRef 1988440WP0579
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2008440325320 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 2008.