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A4312 crash in Swindon on 5 October 2006 at 10:10 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A4312 in Swindon at 10:10 on Thursday 5 October 2006. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, a 14-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 2006
Thursday, 10:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Ford KA
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5687, longitude -1.75382, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton St Margaret. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Stratton, Swindon, SN3 3SQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200654DE45206
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4312
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Unclassified

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 31 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

    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 200654DE45206 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 2006.