A342 crash in Wiltshire on 25 March 2000 at 19:39 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A342 in Wiltshire at 19:39 on Saturday 25 March 2000. The 32-year-old male driver of the Audi A4, the 20-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Mar 2000
- Saturday, 19:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30015, longitude -1.82239, in the SN9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200054AP17600
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 342
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2025.
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the A342 in Wiltshire, 28 January 2025
4 m awayRef 2025541140025
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A342 in Wiltshire, 18 May 2024
5 m awayRef 2024545759524
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A342 in Wiltshire, 28 November 1980
22 m awayRef 198054AP05520
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Wiltshire, 18 June 1999
32 m awayRef 199954AP31499
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A342 in Wiltshire, 24 March 1997
120 m awayRef 199754AP01467
Slight
Honda Concerto crash on the A342 in Wiltshire, 31 July 1997
120 m awayRef 199754AP03957
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- 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 200054AP17600 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2000.