Serious B4039 crash in Wiltshire on 10 May 2003 at 15:45 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire at 15:45 on Saturday 10 May 2003. The 42-year-old female rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 May 2003
- Saturday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Suzuki SV 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49377, longitude -2.21171, in the SN14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200354CS25903
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4039
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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, 32 metres away, was a fatal crash on 15 February 2008.
Fatal
Audi RS4 crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 15 February 2008
32 m awayRef 200854EP06808
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 17 March 1995
70 m awayRef 199554CS01535
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 26 August 1991
104 m awayRef 199154CS04661
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 7 February 1994
104 m awayRef 199454CS00864
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 31 January 1990
104 m awayRef 199054CS00480
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 2 February 1998
104 m awayRef 199854CS00578
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki SV 650)
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 200354CS25903 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.