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Fatal A350 crash in Wiltshire on 14 October 1997 at 16:15 involving an Iveco-Ford van

A car, an Iveco-Ford van and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A350 in Wiltshire at 16:15 on Tuesday 14 October 1997. The 44-year-old male driver of the car was killed and the 44-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Oct 1997
Tuesday, 16:15
Vehicles
3
Iveco-Ford and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.053, longitude -2.18257, in the SP7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199754AT05907
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
350
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 69 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    5,211 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

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 199754AT05907 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 1997.