Road crashes in Southampton

15,708 recorded collisions since 2000.

Southampton has recorded 15,708 road collisions since 2000, 94 of them fatal and 2,570 causing serious injury. That makes it the 70th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 6 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 47% since 2000, from 870 to 465 in 2024. The A33 is the most affected road locally, with 1,544 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.