A4361 crash in Swindon on 23 December 2008 at 14:47 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Daewoo Matiz were involved in a crash on the A4361 in Swindon at 14:47 on Tuesday 23 December 2008. The 33-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Matiz was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2008
- Tuesday, 14:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Daewoo Matiz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52309, longitude -1.79169, in the SN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wroughton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wroughton & Wichelstowe, Swindon, SN4 9AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200854DE50608
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A4361 in Swindon, 20 December 1985
At the same spotRef 198554DS13695
Serious
Taxi crash on the A361 in Swindon, 19 December 1980
At the same spotRef 198054DW03530
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4361 in Swindon, 12 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200454DH58004
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4361 in Swindon, 9 November 2021
6 m awayRef 202154A931821
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4361 in Swindon, 1 July 2002
10 m awayRef 200254DH38702
Slight
Isuzu Trucks Forward crash on the A4361 in Swindon, 12 December 2025
26 m awayRef 2025541696426
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Daewoo Matiz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Matiz)
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 200854DE50608 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.