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Unclassified road crash in Swindon SN2 on 31 October 2001 at 17:07 involving a Proton Persona

A Proton Persona hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Swindon at 17:07 on Wednesday 31 October 2001. A 7-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Oct 2001
Wednesday, 17:07
Vehicles
1
Proton Persona
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58036, longitude -1.78825, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 3ZE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200154DN65001
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Persona

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Proton Persona)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200154DN65001 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.