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A4289 crash in Swindon on 23 October 1990 at 18:50 involving a Porsche 924

A Porsche 924 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4289 in Swindon at 18:50 on Tuesday 23 October 1990. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle and a 26-year-old female passenger on the Honda motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 1990
Tuesday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Porsche 924 and Honda
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.552, longitude -1.78938, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199054DS03150
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4289
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Porsche 924

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199054DS03150 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 1990.