A35 crash in Southampton on 1 September 2020 at 15:11 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A35 in Southampton at 15:11 on Tuesday 1 September 2020. The 55-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2020
- Tuesday, 15:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92194, longitude -1.46986, in the SO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redbridge, Southampton, SO16 9AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Southampton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020440336485
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 271
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2003.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M271 in Southampton, 24 October 2003
4 m awayRef 2003440SY0809
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A35 in the New Forest, 4 January 1997
6 m awayRef 1997440DT0004
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A35 in Southampton, 25 April 1996
6 m awayRef 1996440YS0268
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A33 in Southampton, 19 April 2024
9 m awayRef 2024440164220
Slight
Volvo crash on the M271 in Southampton, 14 May 1993
11 m awayRef 1993440YS0282
Slight
Car crash on the M271 in Southampton, 6 December 1984
12 m awayRef 1984440YS0676
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020440336485 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 2020.