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Unclassified road crash in Swindon SN5 on 8 July 1985 at 08:15 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swindon at 08:15 on Monday 8 July 1985. A 9-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jul 1985
Monday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54507, longitude -1.83888, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198554DN04375
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198554DN04375 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 1985.