Serious A350 crash in Wiltshire on 22 June 2016 at 17:51 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A350 in Wiltshire at 17:51 on Wednesday 22 June 2016. The 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 67-year-old male driver of the taxi were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Jun 2016
- Wednesday, 17:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and taxi
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04039, longitude -2.18582, in the SP7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nadder Valley, Wiltshire, SP7 9AG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016545616016
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 350
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 September 2020.
Fatal
Triumph Speed Triple 1050 crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 12 September 2020
8 m awayRef 2020549199420
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 16 January 2004
11 m awayRef 200454AT03204
Serious
Suzuki Splash crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 22 August 2021
22 m awayRef 2021548196021
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 22 August 1992
30 m awayRef 199254AT04342
Serious
Car crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 11 October 1989
30 m awayRef 198954AT01499
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 7 November 1992
30 m awayRef 199254AT05672
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 67, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- 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 2016545616016 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.