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C road crash in Swindon SN5 on 29 December 1995 at 22:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on a C road in Swindon at 22:00 on Friday 29 December 1995. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1995
Friday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56648, longitude -1.84847, in the SN5 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199554DN07985
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199554DN07985 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 1995.