B4006 crash in Swindon on 26 June 2018 at 12:42 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, a Mercedes C Class and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 12:42 on Tuesday 26 June 2018. The 47-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and the 36-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 12:42
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55314, longitude -1.73257, in the SN3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Badbury Park, Eldene & Liden, Swindon, SN3 5JX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018545817318
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2007.
Slight
Hyundai Sonata crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 20 February 2007
8 m awayRef 200754DE08607
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 28 November 1980
10 m awayRef 198054DD13290
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 5 December 2018
30 m awayRef 201854B521518
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 13 December 2013
49 m awayRef 201354B958913
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 21 November 1994
55 m awayRef 199454DS07364
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 19 July 1991
55 m awayRef 199154DS04401
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Seat Leon)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018545817318 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.