A33 crash in Southampton on 13 December 2012 at 16:35 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 16:35 on Thursday 13 December 2012. The 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2012
- Thursday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92196, longitude -1.40498, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440482372
- 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
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A33 in Southampton, 11 March 2016
1 m awayRef 2016440099555
Slight
Vauxhall Adam crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 13 July 2024
1 m awayRef 2024440296817
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A33 in Southampton, 8 August 2012
2 m awayRef 2012440308154
Slight
Honda VT250F crash on the A33 in Southampton, 7 December 1992
3 m awayRef 1992440WP0579
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A33 in Southampton, 13 June 1985
3 m awayRef 1985440WP0276
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A33 in Southampton, 11 January 2013
3 m awayRef 2013440014484
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
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 2012440482372 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 2012.