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A3102 crash in Swindon on 12 March 1992 at 20:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A3102 in Swindon at 20:00 on Thursday 12 March 1992. The 17-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1992
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54669, longitude -1.84421, in the SN5 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
199254DN01522
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3102
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
B
Second road number
4534

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 26 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 199254DN01522 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.