A345 crash in Wiltshire on 2 August 2017 at 08:26 involving a Vauxhall Movano
A Vauxhall Movano, an Isuzu D-Max van and an Audi TTS were involved in a crash on the A345 in Wiltshire at 08:26 on Wednesday 2 August 2017. The 48-year-old male driver of the Isuzu D-Max van and the 46-year-old female driver of the Audi TTS 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
- 2 Aug 2017
- Wednesday, 08:26
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Movano and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32593, longitude -1.78678, 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
- 2017547019417
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 21 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 November 2012.
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 18 November 2012
21 m awayRef 201254A433812
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 24 December 2014
63 m awayRef 201454B672114
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 22 March 2024
140 m awayRef 2024543326324
Slight
Minibus crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 15 October 1981
220 m awayRef 198154AP05201
Slight
Car crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 27 October 2005
220 m awayRef 200554AP58905
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 7 October 1995
283 m awayRef 199554AP05395
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Isuzu D-Max
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi TTS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Isuzu D-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi TTS)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017547019417 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 2017.