A33 crash in Southampton on 19 March 2019 at 08:40 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Mercedes CLK Class were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 08:40 on Tuesday 19 March 2019. The 56-year-old male driver of the Mercedes CLK Class and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes CLK Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2019
- Tuesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Mercedes CLK Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94388, longitude -1.40604, 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 3PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019440095600
- 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
- 40 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
- Daylight
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2017.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A33 in Southampton, 5 June 2017
2 m awayRef 2017440212850
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A33 in Southampton, 19 July 2018
3 m awayRef 2018440273051
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A33 in Southampton, 7 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025440454377
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 12 March 2025
4 m awayRef 2025440110002
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A33 in Southampton, 21 January 2020
4 m awayRef 2020440024771
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A33 in Southampton, 7 August 2013
5 m awayRef 2013440296074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes CLK Class
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes CLK Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes CLK Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019440095600 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 2019.