B4039 crash in Wiltshire on 11 December 2015 at 17:16 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire at 17:16 on Friday 11 December 2015. The 50-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Audi A6 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2015
- Friday, 17:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and Volkswagen Transporter
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47679, longitude -2.17737, in the SN14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201554B148515
- 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
- 60 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2025.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 2 July 2025
1 m awayRef 2025541623402
Serious
Nissan Pathfinder crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 14 May 2014
1 m awayRef 2014544379014
Serious
BMW iX3 crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 18 May 2023
1 m awayRef 2023545204123
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 22 June 2017
1 m awayRef 2017545598417
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 17 October 2025
2 m awayRef 2025541661195
Slight
Volkswagen Fox crash on the B4039 in Wiltshire, 16 October 2013
2 m awayRef 2013549862313
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)
- 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 201554B148515 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 2015.