A3102 crash in Wiltshire on 7 May 2016 at 21:31 involving a Jeep Cherokee
A motorcycle and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire at 21:31 on Saturday 7 May 2016. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2016
- Saturday, 21:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Jeep Cherokee
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54217, longitude -1.90401, in the SN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Wootton Bassett. It is one of the crashes that make up the Royal Wootton Bassett North, Wiltshire, SN4 8AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016544047316
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3102
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 January 2016.
Fatal
Nissan Micra crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 14 January 2016
6 m awayRef 2016540419416
Serious
Suzuki Alto crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 8 October 2012
6 m awayRef 2012549058412
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 17 February 2024
7 m awayRef 2024541956624
Slight
Bus crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 21 September 1988
8 m awayRef 198854DW00558
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 30 April 2019
9 m awayRef 2019544109019
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 14 August 2017
10 m awayRef 2017547488217
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 2016544047316 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 2016.