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B4553 crash in Swindon on 10 January 1992 at 17:50 involving a Citroen 2CV

A Citroen 2CV and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the B4553 in Swindon at 17:50 on Friday 10 January 1992. The 26-year-old female driver of the Citroen 2CV, a 25-year-old female passenger in the Citroen 2CV and the 19-year-old female driver of the Fiat Uno were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jan 1992
Friday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Citroen 2CV and Fiat Uno
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55565, longitude -1.82398, in the SN5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199254DN00262
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4553
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen 2CV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    602 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen 2CV)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen 2CV)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

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 199254DN00262 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 1992.