B4006 crash in Swindon on 30 January 2018 at 14:52 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A Mitsubishi Colt and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 14:52 on Tuesday 30 January 2018. The 42-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Colt was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 2018
- Tuesday, 14:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Colt and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56773, longitude -1.80707, in the SN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rodbourne Ferndale & Western, Swindon, SN2 2DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018540957718
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4006
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 November 2015.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 6 November 2015
5 m awayRef 201554A049515
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 25 November 2011
10 m awayRef 201154A443411
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 29 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200354DW48803
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 8 December 1983
10 m awayRef 198354DN06433
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 15 October 2013
11 m awayRef 2013549809013
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 13 August 2023
14 m awayRef 2023548526423
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Colt)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2018540957718 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swindon road accident statistics for 2018.