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A4259 crash in Swindon on 1 December 1998 at 18:10 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a Nissan Cherry were involved in a crash on the A4259 in Swindon at 18:10 on Tuesday 1 December 1998. The 48-year-old female driver of the Ford Granada was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and Nissan Cherry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54562, longitude -1.74615, in the SN3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199854DS07958
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4259
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
B
Second road number
4006

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

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 199854DS07958 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.