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A4289 crash in Swindon on 20 December 2002 at 22:45 involving a Peugeot 605

A Peugeot 605 and a Rover 25 were involved in a crash on the A4289 in Swindon at 22:45 on Friday 20 December 2002. A 70-year-old female passenger in the Rover 25 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2002
Friday, 22:45
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 605 and Rover 25
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55448, longitude -1.79804, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingshill, Swindon, SN1 3PY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200254DC76902
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4289
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 605

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    2,088 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 25)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200254DC76902 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.