Serious A35 crash in Southampton on 8 June 2016 at 21:27 involving a Volkswagen Eos
A Volkswagen Eos and a Lexmoto ZSB 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A35 in Southampton at 21:27 on Wednesday 8 June 2016. The 25-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto ZSB 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Jun 2016
- Wednesday, 21:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Eos and Lexmoto ZSB 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93434, longitude -1.41892, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016440214241
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 91%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 9%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 2018.
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A35 in Southampton, 14 February 2018
3 m awayRef 2018440059927
Serious
Toyota BZ4X crash on the A35 in Southampton, 31 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440492234
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 18 December 2018
4 m awayRef 2018440470147
Serious
Honda CBR125R crash on the A35 in Southampton, 27 January 2015
4 m awayRef 2015440030893
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A35 in Southampton, 13 January 2012
5 m awayRef 2012440018156
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A35 in Southampton, 2 January 2013
6 m awayRef 2013440002927
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Eos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto ZSB 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto ZSB 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016440214241 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 2016.