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Fatal B4534 crash in Swindon on 28 September 1996 at 21:45 involving a Ford Sierra

A car and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B4534 in Swindon at 21:45 on Saturday 28 September 1996. A 12-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Sep 1996
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56016, longitude -1.83118, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199654DN06416
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4534
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 16 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199654DN06416 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 1996.