B4143 crash in Swindon on 8 July 2012 at 12:45 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Ford Focus and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B4143 in Swindon at 12:45 on Sunday 8 July 2012. A 21-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series 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
- 8 Jul 2012
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57418, longitude -1.75466, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton St Margaret. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Stratton, Swindon, SN3 3SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012546057212
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4143
- Road type
- Single 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
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2017.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B4143 in Swindon, 22 April 2017
4 m awayRef 2017543584617
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B4143 in Swindon, 13 July 2018
7 m awayRef 2018546465018
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B4143 in Swindon, 29 October 2019
10 m awayRef 201954A756319
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the B4143 in Swindon, 15 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200854DE50808
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B4143 in Swindon, 23 February 2013
10 m awayRef 2013541833813
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4143 in Swindon, 30 November 2022
10 m awayRef 202254C613922
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2012546057212 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.