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A4 crash in Wiltshire on 20 August 2002 at 09:00 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara, a Ford Focus and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the A4 in Wiltshire at 09:00 on Tuesday 20 August 2002. The 88-year-old female driver of the Citroen Xsara, the 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and the 33-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 2002
Tuesday, 09:00
Vehicles
3
Citroen Xsara and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43635, longitude -2.19433, in the SN13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Corsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corsham Ladbrook, Wiltshire, SN13 0AU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200254CS43502
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1979.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    88 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,840 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mazda 323)

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 200254CS43502 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2002.