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A4 crash in Wiltshire on 27 October 1985 at 18:23 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Wiltshire at 18:23 on Sunday 27 October 1985. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 1985
Sunday, 18:23
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42426, longitude -2.24157, in the SN13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198554CS10645
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 1 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198554CS10645 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 1985.