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Serious A343 crash in Wiltshire on 13 April 1993 at 12:14 involving a Ford Transit lorry

A Ford Transit lorry and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A343 in Wiltshire at 12:14 on Tuesday 13 April 1993. A 66-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit lorry and the 35-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Apr 1993
Tuesday, 12:14
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12182, longitude -1.63703, in the SP5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199354AY01693
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
343
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 12 September 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,093 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 199354AY01693 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 1993.