B4141 crash in Swindon on 17 January 2001 at 17:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B4141 in Swindon at 17:45 on Wednesday 17 January 2001. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 24-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2001
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59505, longitude -1.75642, in the SN25 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200154DN04201
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4141
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2024.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A419 in Swindon, 10 October 2024
34 m awayRef 202454B979924
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A419 in Swindon, 27 October 2007
36 m awayRef 200754DE46707
Slight
MG HS crash on the B4141 in Swindon, 15 April 2025
47 m awayRef 2025544622725
Slight
Car crash on the A419 in Swindon, 4 January 2024
55 m awayRef 2024540144324
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B4141 in Swindon, 11 February 1985
57 m awayRef 198554DN01195
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B4141 in Swindon, 11 February 2009
58 m awayRef 200954DE05409
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200154DN04201 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.