A3120 crash in Swindon on 4 May 2018 at 11:54 involving a Mitsubishi Lancer
A Mitsubishi Lancer and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A3120 in Swindon at 11:54 on Friday 4 May 2018. The 38-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2018
- Friday, 11:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Lancer and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54696, longitude -1.84342, in the SN5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8UD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018543968118
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3120
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4534
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2018.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A3012 in Swindon, 27 January 2018
2 m awayRef 2018540834118
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A3102 in Swindon, 15 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019549150019
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A3102 in Swindon, 21 January 2006
4 m awayRef 200654DW02906
Slight
Honda CBR900RR crash on the A3102 in Swindon, 20 August 2000
4 m awayRef 200054DN43100
Slight
Dennis crash on the A3102 in Swindon, 25 May 2002
4 m awayRef 200254DW32302
Slight
Honda GLR 125 crash on the A3102 in Swindon, 31 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025546612125
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Lancer
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018543968118 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.