M27 crash in Southampton on 14 October 2018 at 08:26 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class crashed on the M27 in Southampton at 08:26 on Sunday 14 October 2018. The 47-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Oct 2018
- Sunday, 08:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94276, longitude -1.36287, in the SO18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swaythling, Southampton, SO18 2RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018440386647
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2018.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the M27 in Southampton, 18 January 2018
4 m awayRef 2018440022205
Slight
BMW Z4 crash on the M27 in Southampton, 6 November 2009
8 m awayRef 2009440482793
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the M27 in Southampton, 6 October 2004
18 m awayRef 2004440WE0787
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M27 in Southampton, 23 May 2010
21 m awayRef 2010440210352
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the M27 in Eastleigh, 13 June 2007
22 m awayRef 2007440272798
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the M27 in Southampton, 3 May 2018
30 m awayRef 2018440164140
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2018440386647 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 2018.