A4 crash in Wiltshire on 4 July 2007 at 13:33 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Vauxhall Astra and a Saab 9-5 were involved in a crash on the A4 in Wiltshire at 13:33 on Wednesday 4 July 2007. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Saab 9-5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2007
- Wednesday, 13:33
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44575, longitude -2.15868, in the SN13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corsham Without, Wiltshire, SN13 0QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200754EP18307
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 2014.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4 in Wiltshire, 27 September 2014
4 m awayRef 2014548730514
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A4 in Wiltshire, 29 July 2025
7 m awayRef 2025541710696
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A4 in Wiltshire, 4 October 2008
10 m awayRef 200854EP40708
Slight
Van crash on the A4 in Wiltshire, 27 April 1980
36 m awayRef 198054CS00890
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Wiltshire, 26 February 2025
42 m awayRef 2025542456225
Fatal
Peugeot 106 crash on the A4 in Wiltshire, 29 April 2005
54 m awayRef 200554CS24205
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 9-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,290 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Saab 9-5)
- 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 200754EP18307 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 2007.