Serious B4534 crash in Swindon on 1 March 2009 at 17:00 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107 hit two pedestrians on the B4534 in Swindon at 17:00 on Sunday 1 March 2009. An 8-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and an 8-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Mar 2009
- Sunday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 107
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55921, longitude -1.83206, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8PQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200954DN08509
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4534
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 2022.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 12 November 2022
1 m awayRef 202254B976322
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 12 January 2014
3 m awayRef 2014540367714
Slight
HGV crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 9 March 2006
10 m awayRef 200654DW12306
Slight
BMW Z4 crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 16 November 2011
10 m awayRef 201154A114511
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 2 March 2002
14 m awayRef 200254DN15202
Serious
Car crash on the B4534 in Swindon, 21 February 2009
14 m awayRef 200954DN06509
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 200954DN08509 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 2009.