A33 crash in Southampton on 23 December 2025 at 19:37 involving a Hyundai Kona
A Hyundai Kona and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the A33 in Southampton at 19:37 on Tuesday 23 December 2025. The 74-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Kona was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2025
- Tuesday, 19:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Kona and Hyundai Tucson
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94853, longitude -1.40487, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025440577267
- Council area
- Southampton
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 33
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2001.
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A33 in Southampton, 23 January 2001
7 m awayRef 2001440SC0038
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A33 in Southampton, 4 April 2017
10 m awayRef 2017440125202
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A33 in Southampton, 10 December 2025
16 m awayRef 2025440551187
Slight
Toyota Camry crash on the A33 in Southampton, 1 March 2008
16 m awayRef 2008440092547
Slight
Car crash on the A33 in Southampton, 1 June 1984
16 m awayRef 1984440WP0266
Slight
Datsun 100 crash on the A33 in Southampton, 17 January 1992
17 m awayRef 1992440WP0020
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Kona
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Kona)
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 2025440577267 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.