Serious A361 crash in Swindon on 10 June 1991 at 19:34 involving a Ford Sierra
A car and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A361 in Swindon at 19:34 on Monday 10 June 1991. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Jun 1991
- Monday, 19:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66691, longitude -1.70499, in the SN6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199154DH03451
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Daylight
- 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 15 August 1995.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A361 in Swindon, 15 August 1995
At the same spotRef 199554DH04975
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A361 in Swindon, 24 February 1996
At the same spotRef 199654DH01236
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in Swindon, 18 October 1979
At the same spotRef 197954DH02539
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A361 in Swindon, 15 December 2007
32 m awayRef 200754DE56007
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A361 in Swindon, 24 June 1993
100 m awayRef 199354DH03733
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A361 in Swindon, 9 October 1997
100 m awayRef 199754DH07237
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 199154DH03451 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 1991.