A4259 crash in Swindon on 16 January 2008 at 08:55 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a car and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A4259 in Swindon at 08:55 on Wednesday 16 January 2008. The 18-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and a 64-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2008
- Wednesday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55765, longitude -1.76009, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Parks, Swindon, SN3 2RH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200854DE01508
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4259
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1981.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A345 in Swindon, 2 July 1981
22 m awayRef 198154DD06801
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4259 in Swindon, 13 August 2003
32 m awayRef 200354DE40203
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A4259 in Swindon, 21 December 2018
33 m awayRef 201854C082318
Serious
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A4259 in Swindon, 11 June 2009
36 m awayRef 200954DC20609
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 5 April 2001
36 m awayRef 200154DS20001
Serious
Car crash on the A345 in Swindon, 4 March 1981
41 m awayRef 198154DD02531
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 64, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200854DE01508 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 2008.