A345 crash in Wiltshire on 12 October 2003 at 22:35 involving a Fiat Uno
A Fiat Uno and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A345 in Wiltshire at 22:35 on Sunday 12 October 2003. The 42-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2003
- Sunday, 22:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Uno and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18174, longitude -1.78307, in the SP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Amesbury.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200354AM60203
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 345
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 23 September 2007.
Fatal
Fiat Punto crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 23 September 2007
10 m awayRef 200754EM31507
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 4 November 1996
50 m awayRef 199654AM05456
Slight
Peugeot 305 crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 19 February 1994
50 m awayRef 199454AM01024
Serious
Mazda 3 crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 18 July 2025
77 m awayRef 2025541626336
Slight
Audi A8 crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 3 November 2010
100 m awayRef 201054EM38810
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 1 June 2001
100 m awayRef 200154AD28601
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)
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 200354AM60203 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2003.