B4006 crash in Swindon on 27 June 2018 at 09:34 involving a Volkswagen Sharan
A Volkswagen Sharan and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 09:34 on Wednesday 27 June 2018. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Sharan and the 54-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo 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
- 27 Jun 2018
- Wednesday, 09:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Sharan and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55265, longitude -1.73273, 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
- 2018545845118
- 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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1994.
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 21 November 1994
31 m awayRef 199454DS07364
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 19 July 1991
31 m awayRef 199154DS04401
Slight
Hyundai Sonata crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 20 February 2007
55 m awayRef 200754DE08607
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 26 June 2018
56 m awayRef 2018545817318
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 23 December 1983
65 m awayRef 198354DS12103
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 28 November 1980
66 m awayRef 198054DD13290
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Sharan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018545845118 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.