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A303 crash in Wiltshire on 17 June 2001 at 08:30 involving a van

A van crashed on the A303 in Wiltshire at 08:30 on Sunday 17 June 2001. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jun 2001
Sunday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11719, longitude -2.05997, in the BA12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154AN33201
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
303
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

    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 200154AN33201 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 2001.