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A4311 crash in Swindon on 29 January 2001 at 17:08 involving a Honda NS125R motorcycle

A Honda NS125R motorcycle and a Renault Espace were involved in a crash on the A4311 in Swindon at 17:08 on Monday 29 January 2001. The 20-year-old male rider of the Honda NS125R motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 2001
Monday, 17:08
Vehicles
2
Honda NS125R and Renault Espace
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58834, longitude -1.77479, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton St Margaret. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Stratton, Swindon, SN2 7TW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154DN07201
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4311
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NS125R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Espace

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,849 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NS125R)

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 200154DN07201 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.