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C road crash in Swindon SN1 on 15 April 1998 at 16:25 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Swindon at 16:25 on Wednesday 15 April 1998. The 37-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55917, longitude -1.77925, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199854DS02098
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

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 199854DS02098 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 1998.