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Serious B4289 crash in Swindon on 21 January 2001 at 19:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on the B4289 in Swindon at 19:30 on Sunday 21 January 2001. An 18-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 20-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jan 2001
Sunday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56878, longitude -1.79812, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rodbourne Ferndale & Western, Swindon, SN2 1TY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154DN06001
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4289
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    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 200154DN06001 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.