A4312 crash in Swindon on 29 September 2012 at 13:55 involving an Audi TT
Four vehicles, including an Audi TT and a Mazda MX-5, were involved in a crash on the A4312 in Swindon at 13:55 on Saturday 29 September 2012. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo, a 29-year-old female passenger in the Mazda MX-5 and a 53-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 207 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2012
- Saturday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi TT and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56968, longitude -1.75281, 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
- 2012548765412
- 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
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2007.
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 1 July 2007
At the same spotRef 200754DE27507
Serious
Nissan Note crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 19 February 2017
34 m awayRef 2017541568117
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 5 November 2022
38 m awayRef 202254B736422
Serious
Hyundai Lantra crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 19 December 2003
42 m awayRef 200354DC66303
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 21 June 2022
44 m awayRef 2022546438622
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A4312 in Swindon, 1 June 2007
50 m awayRef 200754DE23007
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-5)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 207)
- 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 2012548765412 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.