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A420 crash in Wiltshire on 18 October 1990 at 23:05 involving an Opel Kadett

An Opel Kadett and a Volkswagen Delivery Van minibus were involved in a crash on the A420 in Wiltshire at 23:05 on Thursday 18 October 1990. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Opel Kadett and the 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Delivery Van minibus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 1990
Thursday, 23:05
Vehicles
2
Opel Kadett and Volkswagen Delivery Van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46131, longitude -2.11942, in the SN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chippenham.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199054CD06390
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
420
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Kadett

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Delivery Van

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,795 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Opel Kadett)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Delivery 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 199054CD06390 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 1990.