A27 crash in Southampton on 19 August 2014 at 13:40 involving a Mercedes SLK Class
A Mercedes SLK Class and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A27 in Southampton at 13:40 on Tuesday 19 August 2014. The 68-year-old female driver of the Mercedes SLK Class and a 90-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes SLK Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 2014
- Tuesday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes SLK Class and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95042, longitude -1.4016, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014440300213
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 January 2008.
Serious
Nissan Primera crash on the A27 in Southampton, 17 January 2008
25 m awayRef 2008440023165
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Southampton, 31 May 1987
62 m awayRef 1987440WP0282
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 30 January 1997
82 m awayRef 1997440LA0073
Serious
Rover Maestro crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 27 January 1992
82 m awayRef 1992440LA0037
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 21 April 1997
82 m awayRef 1997440LA0247
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A27 in Southampton, 25 January 2001
94 m awayRef 2001440SP0052
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes SLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)
- 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 2014440300213 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 2014.