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B4006 crash in Swindon on 30 July 2003 at 18:15 involving an Audi A4

A taxi and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 18:15 on Wednesday 30 July 2003. The 49-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jul 2003
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56738, longitude -1.76768, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Stratton, Swindon, SN3 3SQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200354DC36503
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4006
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,393 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 200354DC36503 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 2003.