A4313 crash in Swindon on 3 April 2013 at 16:26 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A4313 in Swindon at 16:26 on Wednesday 3 April 2013. The 29-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Honda Accord were 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
- 3 Apr 2013
- Wednesday, 16:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Honda Accord
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56667, longitude -1.7667, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. 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
- 2013543104313
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4313
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2021.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4313 in Swindon, 10 November 2021
7 m awayRef 202154A967021
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Swindon, 18 June 1985
20 m awayRef 198554DS05625
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Swindon, 3 June 1984
30 m awayRef 198454DS05204
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 17 March 2025
38 m awayRef 2025543630125
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Swindon, 15 May 1981
38 m awayRef 198154DD05031
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 18 November 2002
40 m awayRef 200254DC69602
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
- 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 2013543104313 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 2013.