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Serious B4534 crash in Swindon on 2 March 2002 at 19:59 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series hit a pedestrian on the B4534 in Swindon at 19:59 on Saturday 2 March 2002. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver and a 7-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Mar 2002
Saturday, 19:59
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5593, longitude -1.83191, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8PQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200254DN15202
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4534
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 200254DN15202 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.