Serious B4039 crash in Wiltshire on 14 May 2014 at 08:51 involving a Nissan Pathfinder
A Nissan Pathfinder, a Vauxhall Zafira and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire at 08:51 on Wednesday 14 May 2014. There were seven casualties: two people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 May 2014
- Wednesday, 08:51
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Pathfinder and 2 others
- Casualties
- 7
- 2 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47673, longitude -2.17738, in the SN14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014544379014
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4039
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Road sign or marking defective or obscured
- Carriageway hazards
- Permanent road signing or markings defective or obscured or inadequate
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 2017.
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 22 June 2017
At the same spotRef 2017545598417
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 2 July 2025
At the same spotRef 2025541623402
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 17 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025541661195
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 11 December 2015
1 m awayRef 201554B148515
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 11 January 2024
2 m awayRef 2024540377624
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 17 June 2016
2 m awayRef 2016545443316
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Pathfinder
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Pathfinder)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A5)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014544379014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 2014.