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Serious M4 crash in Swindon on 14 January 1987 at 07:15 involving a van

A van crashed on the M4 in Swindon at 07:15 on Wednesday 14 January 1987. A 31-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 1987
Wednesday, 07:15
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51478, longitude -1.64256, in the SN4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198754MB00197
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198754MB00197 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 1987.