B4289 crash in Swindon on 19 December 2012 at 09:52 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and two Peugeot 206 cars were involved in a crash on the B4289 in Swindon at 09:52 on Wednesday 19 December 2012. The 22-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 09:52
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Passat and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56815, longitude -1.77971, in the SN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadgreen, Swindon, SN1 2BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201254B500312
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4289
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2011.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B4289 in Swindon, 15 January 2011
17 m awayRef 201154DW02011
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B4289 in Swindon, 26 April 1997
34 m awayRef 199754DN02597
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4289 in Swindon, 30 April 1993
34 m awayRef 199354DN02393
Serious
Kawasaki VN crash on the B4289 in Swindon, 15 May 2021
39 m awayRef 2021544618021
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 27 September 2021
46 m awayRef 2021549485721
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the B4289 in Swindon, 15 November 2002
51 m awayRef 200254DN68502
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 206)
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 201254B500312 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.