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A420 crash in Swindon on 7 January 1999 at 08:30 involving a lorry

Two lorries were involved in a crash on the A420 in Swindon at 08:30 on Thursday 7 January 1999. The 42-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jan 1999
Thursday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Lorry and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57968, longitude -1.71999, 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
199954DH00129
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
420
Road type
Dual 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
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

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 199954DH00129 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 1999.