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A303 crash in Wiltshire on 14 February 1992 at 08:55 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series, a Ford Escort and an Austin Morris Mini were involved in a crash on the A303 in Wiltshire at 08:55 on Friday 14 February 1992. A 3-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Austin Morris Mini were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Feb 1992
Friday, 08:55
Vehicles
3
Rover 200 Series and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10246, longitude -2.18419, in the BA12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199254AT00722
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
303
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Morris Mini)

    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 199254AT00722 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 1992.