A4361 crash in Swindon on 12 July 1998 at 17:48 involving a Renault Espace
A Renault Espace and a Daihatsu Applause were involved in a crash on the A4361 in Swindon at 17:48 on Sunday 12 July 1998. The 41-year-old female driver of the Renault Espace and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Renault Espace were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 1998
- Sunday, 17:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Espace and Daihatsu Applause
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52862, longitude -1.78805, in the SN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wroughton.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199854DS04048
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4361
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1980.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 19 June 1980
40 m awayRef 198054DW01630
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 30 November 2000
50 m awayRef 200054DS65400
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 3 September 2002
50 m awayRef 200254DH52402
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 16 June 2000
54 m awayRef 200054DS31300
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 19 September 2016
83 m awayRef 2016548511816
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4361 in Swindon, 26 July 1988
89 m awayRef 198854DS02078
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Applause
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)
- 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 199854DS04048 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.