C road crash in Swindon SN1 on 19 October 2013 at 21:24 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi
A Ford Mondeo taxi, a Vauxhall Vectra and a taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Swindon at 21:24 on Saturday 19 October 2013. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo taxi, the 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 40-year-old male pedestrian hit by the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Oct 2013
- Saturday, 21:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56512, longitude -1.78469, in the SN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadgreen, Swindon, SN1 2BN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013549985213
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 2018.
Serious
Wrightbus Streetlite crash on a C road in Swindon, 24 February 2018
5 m awayRef 2018541786718
Slight
Car crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 7 January 1981
5 m awayRef 198154DD00291
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Swindon, 28 February 2000
5 m awayRef 200054DS11900
Slight
Van crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 18 April 1983
5 m awayRef 198354DS03163
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 29 July 2015
9 m awayRef 2015546845415
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A420 in Swindon, 8 March 1980
9 m awayRef 198054DD02640
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 40, hit by vehicle 3 (Taxi)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2013549985213 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.