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SO17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,067 road traffic collisions in the SO17 postcode district, Southampton, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,701 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 34 were fatal and 586 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 43 collisions, down 20% on 2024 (54).

Collisions since 1979
3,067
1,292nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,701
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
34
38 people killed
Serious collisions
586
625 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
43
Down 20% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
53
Down 18% on 2024

Road collision statistics for SO17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal341.1%
  • Serious58619%
  • Slight2,44780%

What the data shows

  • SO17 had 472 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 14% fewer than the 548 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in SO17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 391 children under 16 were killed or injured in SO17, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in SO17.

Where SO17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,292nd
Most casualties
1,415th
Most fatal collisions
1,719th
Most serious collisions
1,247th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday467 (15%)
  • Tuesday441 (14%)
  • Wednesday515 (17%)
  • Thursday489 (16%)
  • Friday527 (17%)
  • Saturday376 (12%)
  • Sunday252 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,186 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit812 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown59 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,765 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway233 (7.6%)
  • One way street or slip road26 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout16 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded27 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph2,652 (86%)
  • 40 mph399 (13%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,517 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds369 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds40 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds26 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other87 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,504 (41%)
  • Cyclist728 (20%)
  • Pedestrian633 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist571 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant119 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant60 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant27 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant21 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded23 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

SO17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in SO17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in SO17 peaked at 105 in 1984; 2025 had 43.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 43
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254353
20245465
20234652
20224756
20214144
20204450
20195665
20184560
20174557
20165164
20155763
20145480
20135262
20125967
20115061
20104560
20095878
20085867
20075473
20066169
20056477
20046382
20036372
20025467
20016672
20005670
19996778
19987489
19976069
19967084
19958396
19947991
19937992
19926376
19917993
19906773
19898093
19888691
198797128
19867387
198596117
1984105124
198391116
198286112
19818398
19807693
197987115

Map of recent crashes in SO17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in SO17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in SO17

The 24 most recent collisions in SO17 happened between 24 May and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in SO17

The A33 has the most collisions in SO17, 590 of 3,067 (19%), followed by the A335 (584).

Collisions in SO17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA335907448123
2ndA33558474517115
3rdA3035396488381
4thA35105120027
5thA3055121400
6thA30259901
7thA3556711
8thA273301
9thB30353301

Council area for SO17

SO17 is in Southampton, where police recorded 36,384 collisions from 1979 to 2025. SO17 accounts for 8.4% of them.

Town in SO17

Of the 3,067 collisions in SO17, 3,040 (99%) were in Southampton.