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Serious A345 crash in Wiltshire on 19 November 1987 at 06:40 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A345 in Wiltshire at 06:40 on Thursday 19 November 1987. The 24-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Nov 1987
Thursday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18459, longitude -1.78305, in the SP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Amesbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198754AM05157
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
345
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 57 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, 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 198754AM05157 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 1987.