A345 crash in Wiltshire on 24 December 2014 at 10:00 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and an Alfa Romeo 147 were involved in a crash on the A345 in Wiltshire at 10:00 on Wednesday 24 December 2014. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Galaxy and a 33-year-old male passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Alfa Romeo 147
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32622, longitude -1.78608, in the SN9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201454B672114
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 345
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 November 2012.
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 18 November 2012
42 m awayRef 201254A433812
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 2 August 2017
63 m awayRef 2017547019417
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 22 March 2024
77 m awayRef 2024543326324
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 7 October 1995
226 m awayRef 199554AP05395
Slight
Car crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 27 October 2005
282 m awayRef 200554AP58905
Slight
Minibus crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 15 October 1981
282 m awayRef 198154AP05201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 147
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- 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 201454B672114 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.