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Serious unclassified road crash in Southampton SO17 on 17 December 2014 at 17:45 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southampton at 17:45 on Wednesday 17 December 2014. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the Fiat 500 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 2014
Wednesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93595, longitude -1.38851, in the SO17 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014440449157
Council area
Southampton
Police force
Hampshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
89%
Estimated chance it was slight
11%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    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
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

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 2014440449157 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.