A36 crash in Wiltshire on 18 February 2018 at 02:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
Seven vehicles, including two Ford Fiestas and a Volkswagen Beetle, were involved in a crash on the A36 in Wiltshire at 02:50 on Sunday 18 February 2018. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 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
- 18 Feb 2018
- Sunday, 02:50
- Vehicles
- 7
- Ford Fiesta and 6 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07494, longitude -1.82039, in the SP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salisbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salisbury St Paul's, Wiltshire, SP2 7HU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018541549818
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 36
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 2019.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 3 July 2019
5 m awayRef 2019546462719
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 10 May 2001
11 m awayRef 200154AD23001
Slight
Car crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 14 November 1980
13 m awayRef 198054AD08730
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 8 August 2010
19 m awayRef 201054ES24710
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 2 April 2004
21 m awayRef 200454AD17504
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A36 in Wiltshire, 16 November 2024
22 m awayRef 202454D556424
Vehicles involved (7)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Picanto
Car
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Focus
Car
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 6: Audi A4
Car
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 7: Ford Fiesta
Car
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018541549818 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 2018.