A35 crash in Southampton on 19 December 2012 at 09:55 involving a Volvo S40
A Volvo S40 and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A35 in Southampton at 09:55 on Wednesday 19 December 2012. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 09:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S40 and Yamaha
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93843, longitude -1.39084, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012440489568
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2013.
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A35 in Southampton, 3 November 2013
2 m awayRef 2013440416257
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Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A35 in Southampton, 5 August 2017
4 m awayRef 2017440301671
Slight
Van crash on the A35 in Southampton, 11 October 1983
4 m awayRef 1983440WP0497
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Citroen C5 crash on the A35 in Southampton, 24 September 2008
6 m awayRef 2008440425655
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Peugeot 307 crash on the A35 in Southampton, 19 September 2019
6 m awayRef 2019440337371
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in Southampton, 16 October 1988
6 m awayRef 1988440WP0476
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)
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 2012440489568 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.