A361 crash in Wiltshire on 12 July 2016 at 16:55 involving a Seat Exeo
Four vehicles, including a Seat Exeo and a Nissan Micra, were involved in a crash on the A361 in Wiltshire at 16:55 on Tuesday 12 July 2016. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 406 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2016
- Tuesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Seat Exeo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31746, longitude -2.20351, in the BA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Trowbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trowbridge Central, Wiltshire, BA14 8FA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016546387416
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 5 February 2015
13 m awayRef 2015541172815
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 10 January 2020
13 m awayRef 2020540307720
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 24 October 2016
23 m awayRef 2016549561516
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 20 August 2024
31 m awayRef 2024549821824
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A361 in Wiltshire, 26 January 2011
34 m awayRef 201154ET02611
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on an unclassified road in Wiltshire, 17 November 2020
34 m awayRef 202054B466320
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Seat Exeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2016546387416 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.