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B4069 crash in Wiltshire on 5 April 1997 at 18:50 involving a Porsche 944

A Porsche 944 crashed on the B4069 in Wiltshire at 18:50 on Saturday 5 April 1997. The 30-year-old male driver and a 38-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Apr 1997
Saturday, 18:50
Vehicles
1
Porsche 944
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5, longitude -2.09935, in the SN15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199754CD01767
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4069
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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Porsche 944

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,479 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Porsche 944)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Porsche 944)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199754CD01767 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.