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Serious A4312 crash in Swindon on 17 January 1996 at 16:40 involving a Vauxhall Astramax

A Vauxhall Astramax and a Honda C90 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4312 in Swindon at 16:40 on Wednesday 17 January 1996. The 65-year-old male rider of the Honda C90 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astramax and Honda C90
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56364, longitude -1.76336, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199654DS00306
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4312
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astramax

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda C90

    Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda C90)

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 199654DS00306 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.