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Fatal A345 crash in Swindon on 17 October 1980 at 23:25 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A345 in Swindon at 23:25 on Friday 17 October 1980. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 35-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Oct 1980
Friday, 23:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54607, longitude -1.74802, in the SN3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198054DD11210
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
345
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198054DD11210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 1980.