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Serious unclassified road crash in Swindon SN1 on 11 November 1995 at 10:18 involving an Austin Morris Mini van

An Austin Morris Mini van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swindon at 10:18 on Saturday 11 November 1995. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Nov 1995
Saturday, 10:18
Vehicles
1
Austin Morris Mini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.552, longitude -1.78938, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199554DS06885
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 23 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199554DS06885 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.