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A350 crash in Wiltshire on 22 August 1992 at 17:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A350 in Wiltshire at 17:15 on Saturday 22 August 1992. All seven casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Aug 1992
Saturday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Cortina
Casualties
7
7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04041, longitude -2.18537, in the SP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199254AT04342
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
350
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
Fine, 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 10 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199254AT04342 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.