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A346 crash in Swindon on 29 November 1998 at 07:20 involving a Volkswagen van

A Volkswagen van and a van were involved in a crash on the A346 in Swindon at 07:20 on Sunday 29 November 1998. The 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen van, a 40-year-old male passenger in the van and a 43-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 1998
Sunday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen and van
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5051, longitude -1.72044, in the SN4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199854DS07848
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
346
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,384 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 199854DS07848 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.