Serious B3080 crash in Wiltshire on 28 September 2000 at 19:45 involving a Ford Capri
A Ford Capri crashed on the B3080 in Wiltshire at 19:45 on Thursday 28 September 2000. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Sep 2000
- Thursday, 19:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Capri
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99373, longitude -1.74776, in the SP5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Downton.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200054AY56700
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3080
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2023.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B3080 in Wiltshire, 24 July 2023
16 m awayRef 2023547765423
Slight
Toyota Tercel crash on the B3080 in Wiltshire, 15 June 1991
30 m awayRef 199154AY02571
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3080 in Wiltshire, 13 January 1988
30 m awayRef 198854AY00188
Slight
Car crash on the B3080 in Wiltshire, 1 May 1979
30 m awayRef 197954AY03219
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3080 in Wiltshire, 6 July 1981
30 m awayRef 198154AY05001
Slight
Car crash on the B3080 in Wiltshire, 11 March 1980
30 m awayRef 198054AY01850
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Capri
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,792 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200054AY56700 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.