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Serious B4041 crash in Wiltshire on 5 April 2003 at 18:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a ridden horse were involved in a crash on the B4041 in Wiltshire at 18:40 on Saturday 5 April 2003. The 10-year-old female rider of the ridden horse was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 2003
Saturday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and ridden horse
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53196, longitude -1.89949, in the SN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Wootton Bassett.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200354CO19903
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4041
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, horse rider, on vehicle 2 (Ridden horse)

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 200354CO19903 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.