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Serious A342 crash in Wiltshire on 13 January 2001 at 17:20 involving a Peugeot 306

A car and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A342 in Wiltshire at 17:20 on Saturday 13 January 2001. The 52-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jan 2001
Saturday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33318, longitude -1.94514, in the SN10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154AZ01801
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, no street lighting
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 24 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

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 200154AZ01801 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.