A4312 crash in Swindon on 11 May 2012 at 18:08 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4312 in Swindon at 18:08 on Friday 11 May 2012. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 May 2012
- Friday, 18:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and Yamaha XC 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56198, longitude -1.76569, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walcot, Swindon, SN3 1BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012544169512
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4312
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 4259
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2004.
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 18 June 2004
At the same spotRef 200454DC30404
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 6 July 1999
At the same spotRef 199954DS38899
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A4259 in Swindon, 31 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200754DE36907
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 16 December 1999
At the same spotRef 199954DS68399
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4259 in Swindon, 27 December 2025
1 m awayRef 2025541693540
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 19 January 2024
6 m awayRef 2024540966124
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XC 125)
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 2012544169512 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 2012.