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A419 crash in Swindon on 20 November 2001 at 04:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A419 in Swindon at 04:30 on Tuesday 20 November 2001. The 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Nov 2001
Tuesday, 04:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60968, longitude -1.78927, in the SN26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broad Blunsdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Andrews East, Swindon, SN25 4ES area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154DH77301
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
419
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4534

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 200154DH77301 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 2001.