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A4259 crash in Swindon on 22 November 1990 at 21:45 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4259 in Swindon at 21:45 on Thursday 22 November 1990. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 1990
Thursday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56185, longitude -1.76914, in the SN3 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
199054DS03560
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4259
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199054DS03560 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.