A36 crash in Wiltshire on 12 January 2005 at 18:10 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A36 in Wiltshire at 18:10 on Wednesday 12 January 2005. A 37-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2005
- Wednesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07593, longitude -1.79827, in the SP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salisbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salisbury St Edmund's, Wiltshire, SP1 3BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200554AD01605
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 36
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 7 September 2024
13 m awayRef 202454A604124
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A30 in Wiltshire, 4 April 1982
14 m awayRef 198254AD02472
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 1 December 2025
20 m awayRef 2025541686705
Slight
Lorry crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 23 November 1987
20 m awayRef 198754AD08267
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 23 April 2005
22 m awayRef 200554AD19305
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A30 in Wiltshire, 17 March 2003
22 m awayRef 200354AD16303
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200554AD01605 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 2005.