B4534 crash in Swindon on 21 December 2002 at 10:58 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a car and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on the B4534 in Swindon at 10:58 on Saturday 21 December 2002. A 40-year-old female passenger in the car and an 8-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2002
- Saturday, 10:58
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56568, longitude -1.82482, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shaw & Westlea, Swindon, SN5 5SJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200254DW76702
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2003.
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 22 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200354DW66903
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 20 April 2000
36 m awayRef 200054DN21400
Slight
Hyundai ix35 crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 21 November 2025
50 m awayRef 2025541675005
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 3 May 2016
52 m awayRef 2016543862316
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 15 January 1991
63 m awayRef 199154DN00431
Serious
Lorry crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 23 November 1993
63 m awayRef 199354DN06823
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Omega
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200254DW76702 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.