Serious B3039 crash in Southampton on 18 October 2025 at 22:52 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the B3039 in Southampton at 22:52 on Saturday 18 October 2025. The 46-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was seriously injured and a 34-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C4 and a 34-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Oct 2025
- Saturday, 22:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89803, longitude -1.39354, in the SO14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bargate, Southampton, SO14 3DG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440472973
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3039
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3039
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2013.
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 12 February 2013
4 m awayRef 2013440055650
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3039 in Southampton, 25 August 2011
6 m awayRef 2011440362836
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B3034 in Southampton, 18 December 2002
6 m awayRef 2002440SC0684
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 19 September 2011
6 m awayRef 2011440399365
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Southampton, 8 September 1994
6 m awayRef 1994440SC0300
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the B3039 in Southampton, 27 July 2007
8 m awayRef 2007440346759
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,790 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025440472973 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 2025.