Unclassified road crash in Swindon SN1 on 30 December 1992 at 00:35 involving a Citroen BX
A Citroen BX hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swindon at 00:35 on Wednesday 30 December 1992. A 23-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 1992
- Wednesday, 00:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen BX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56189, longitude -1.78934, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199254DS08112
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen BX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 199254DS08112 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.