A35 crash in Southampton on 7 October 2015 at 19:25 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A35 in Southampton at 19:25 on Wednesday 7 October 2015. The 47-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2015
- Wednesday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.938, longitude -1.41195, 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 7EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015440348693
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 2013.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A35 in Southampton, 21 May 2013
3 m awayRef 2013440183247
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in Southampton, 17 August 2020
4 m awayRef 2020440315190
Serious
Van crash on the A35 in Southampton, 17 November 1989
4 m awayRef 1989440WP0563
Serious
Van crash on the A35 in Southampton, 29 December 1983
4 m awayRef 1983440WP0697
Serious
Honda CBF 125 crash on the A35 in Southampton, 6 October 2021
5 m awayRef 2021440401768
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A35 in Southampton, 28 April 2011
6 m awayRef 2011440175295
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2015440348693 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.