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Fatal A361 crash in Swindon on 18 July 1994 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A361 in Swindon at 18:00 on Monday 18 July 1994. The 36-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was killed and an 11-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Jul 1994
Monday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Kawasaki
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62108, longitude -1.71684, in the SN6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199454DH04564
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 199454DH04564 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 1994.