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B4006 crash in Swindon on 17 May 2005 at 08:55 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi

A Ford Mondeo taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 08:55 on Tuesday 17 May 2005. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo taxi and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Ford Mondeo taxi were slightly 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
Slight
Date
17 May 2005
Tuesday, 08:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57634, longitude -1.79938, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon, SN2 2LA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200554DW19705
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
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

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200554DW19705 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 2005.