A338 crash in Wiltshire on 5 May 2018 at 11:00 involving a BMW 3 Series
A motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A338 in Wiltshire at 11:00 on Saturday 5 May 2018. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2018
- Saturday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99023, longitude -1.75776, in the SP5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Downton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Downton & Ebble Valley, Wiltshire, SP5 3NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018544080318
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 338
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2020.
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A338 in Wiltshire, 17 January 2020
3 m awayRef 2020540548120
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A338 in Wiltshire, 1 November 2024
15 m awayRef 202454C911724
Slight
Scania crash on the A338 in Wiltshire, 5 July 2003
23 m awayRef 200354AY38403
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A338 in Wiltshire, 2 February 1990
32 m awayRef 199054AY00280
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A338 in Wiltshire, 31 December 2001
39 m awayRef 200154AY77101
Slight
Subaru Subaru crash on the A338 in Wiltshire, 10 July 1990
68 m awayRef 199054AY01740
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,450 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2018544080318 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.