Southampton's most dangerous roads have been revealed

Created by two road safety experts, CrashMap highlights the location of every collision on the roads in any given period.

The detailed tool shows you not only the severity of the crash – slight, serious or fatal – but also when it took place, the number of vehicles involved and the number of casualties reported.

The data used is taken directly from official government statistics, which is based on records submitted to them by the police. 

Hovering the map over Southampton, the website reports more than 3,000 incidents have taken place between 2015 and 2019. 

The map shows that there have been 122 incidents in Portswood with the most crashes happening on the busy Portswood Road between Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. 

Portswood Road is one of the most dangerous in the area. 

Midanbury has had less crashes than Portswood with the website reporting 72 incidents in the last five years. 

Woolston has had 67 crashes since 2015 with the majority of these occurring on the A3025.

The area with some of the most dangerous roads in Sholing which the website reported had 256 incidents in the same time period, over 50 of these were serious or fatal.  

There have been 52 serious or fatal crashes in Sholing since 2015. 

The popular residential area of Shirley has one of the most dangerous roads in Southampton, with 415 incidents in the last five years. 

Shirley high street, the A3057, has had over 30 serious incidents and is one of the most dangerous roads in the City. 

Shirley High Street is one of the most dangerous roads in the City. 

The map can also be filtered into fatal crashes with the website reporting that there have been 22 fatal incidents between 2015 and 2019. 

You can view the full interactive map and search for your area here.