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Unclassified road crash in Swindon SN2 on 27 February 2002 at 07:30 involving a Volvo S70

A Volvo S70 and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swindon at 07:30 on Wednesday 27 February 2002. The 46-year-old male driver of the Volvo S70 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 2002
Wednesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo S70 and Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57737, longitude -1.77369, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penhill & Pinehurst, Swindon, SN2 1AQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200254DN14702
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
A
Second road number
4311

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo S70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,922 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S70)

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 200254DN14702 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.