C road crash in Swindon SN1 on 28 August 2002 at 13:10 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205, a Peugeot 406 taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Swindon at 13:10 on Wednesday 28 August 2002. The 32-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 taxi and the 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2002
- Wednesday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 205 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56014, longitude -1.79195, in the SN1 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200254DC51002
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 2017.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on a C road in Swindon, 25 July 2017
10 m awayRef 2017546744017
Serious
Car crash on the A420 in Swindon, 21 December 1981
10 m awayRef 198154DD14301
Slight
Car crash on the A420 in Swindon, 22 June 1980
10 m awayRef 198054DD06490
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Swindon, 12 March 1988
14 m awayRef 198854DS00688
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Swindon, 17 September 2019
18 m awayRef 2019549244219
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on a C road in Swindon, 23 July 1992
22 m awayRef 199254DS04362
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
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 200254DC51002 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 2002.