Unclassified road crash in Southampton SO18 on 12 December 2023 at 08:10 involving a Lexmoto CL motorcycle
A Lexmoto CL motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southampton at 08:10 on Tuesday 12 December 2023. The 31-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto CL motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2023
- Tuesday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexmoto CL and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94269, longitude -1.3721, 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 2HQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023440506294
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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 31 August 1994.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A335 in Southampton, 31 August 1994
4 m awayRef 1994440WP0377
Slight
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 14 April 2007
6 m awayRef 2007440170929
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A335 in Southampton, 21 May 1990
10 m awayRef 1990440WP0219
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A335 in Southampton, 16 February 1979
12 m awayRef 1979440FP0077
Serious
Car crash on the A335 in Southampton, 6 February 1979
12 m awayRef 1979440FP0052
Slight
Car crash on the A335 in Southampton, 5 November 1980
12 m awayRef 1980440FP0396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto CL
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto CL)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023440506294 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 2023.