C road crash in Wiltshire SN13 on 1 July 1996 at 16:47 involving an MG MGB
An MG MGB, a BMW 2002 and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Wiltshire at 16:47 on Monday 1 July 1996. The 53-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series, a 53-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series and the 42-year-old male driver of the MG MGB were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 1996
- Monday, 16:47
- Vehicles
- 3
- MG MGB and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44863, longitude -2.18846, in the SN13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199654CS03376
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2010.
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Slight
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Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on a C road in Wiltshire, 20 February 2003
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Slight
BMW K 1100 LT crash on a C road in Wiltshire, 26 May 2004
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Serious
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Serious
Piaggio crash on a C road in Wiltshire, 1 November 2002
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: MG MGB
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 2002
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,990 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 400 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG MGB)
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 199654CS03376 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 1996.