A33 crash in Southampton on 3 April 2015 at 20:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 20:10 on Friday 3 April 2015. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 34-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2015
- Friday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89707, longitude -1.39732, in the SO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bargate, Southampton, SO14 3DG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440112396
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 33
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2025.
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the A33 in Southampton, 23 September 2025
1 m awayRef 2025440430734
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A33 in Southampton, 10 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025440306703
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3039 in Southampton, 31 August 1994
4 m awayRef 1994440SC0287
Slight
Car crash on the A3057 in Southampton, 18 August 1989
4 m awayRef 1989440SC0323
Serious
Honda HR-V crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 30 July 2024
4 m awayRef 2024440324569
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A33 in Southampton, 19 January 2019
4 m awayRef 2019440024853
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Gas bi-fuel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 2015440112396 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 2015.