B4006 crash in Swindon on 11 July 2018 at 07:15 involving a Volkswagen Transporter
A car and a Volkswagen Transporter were involved in a crash on the B4006 in Swindon at 07:15 on Wednesday 11 July 2018. The 61-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Transporter was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2018
- Wednesday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Transporter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5837, longitude -1.78414, in the SN25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penhill & Pinehurst, Swindon, SN2 1AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018546372318
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2000.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 25 February 2000
13 m awayRef 200054DN10000
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 16 August 1988
23 m awayRef 198854DN01508
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Swindon, 10 March 1984
33 m awayRef 198454DN01384
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swindon, 23 May 1980
40 m awayRef 198054DD05400
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 27 November 2007
40 m awayRef 200754DN51807
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the B4006 in Swindon, 7 March 2001
45 m awayRef 200154DN16301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Transporter)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018546372318 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.