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A4312 crash in Swindon on 9 July 1985 at 19:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4312 in Swindon at 19:55 on Tuesday 9 July 1985. The 46-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jul 1985
Tuesday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57126, longitude -1.75163, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton St Margaret.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198554DS06485
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4312
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, 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 198554DS06485 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.