B4006 crash in Swindon on 28 December 2007 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 18:15 on Friday 28 December 2007. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 19-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2007
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54825, longitude -1.73764, in the SN3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badbury Park, Eldene & Liden, Swindon, SN3 6AJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200754DE56607
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Daylight
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 1997.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 24 January 1997
10 m awayRef 199754DS00517
Serious
Car crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 4 June 1989
10 m awayRef 198954DS01549
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 24 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199854DS08398
Slight
Car crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 9 October 1989
10 m awayRef 198954DS02859
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 5 October 2008
14 m awayRef 200854DE37008
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 1 October 1979
14 m awayRef 197954DD11099
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 200754DE56607 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 2007.