B4040 crash in Wiltshire on 14 March 2001 at 15:45 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire at 15:45 on Wednesday 14 March 2001. The 26-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 and the 18-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2001
- Wednesday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63445, longitude -1.88611, in the SN6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200154CK15401
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4553
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2010.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 24 March 2010
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Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 13 June 2008
At the same spotRef 200854EK24808
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 10 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200654CK23506
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 8 April 2023
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Slight
Nissan 350 crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 12 May 2022
4 m awayRef 2022544888122
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 27 July 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 200154CK15401 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.