A3102 crash in Wiltshire on 15 August 2018 at 15:10 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire at 15:10 on Wednesday 15 August 2018. The 20-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Freelander were 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
- 15 Aug 2018
- Wednesday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54442, longitude -1.90075, in the SN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Wootton Bassett. It is one of the crashes that make up the Royal Wootton Bassett North, Wiltshire, SN4 8AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018547701618
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3102
- 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1999.
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 11 November 1999
1 m awayRef 199954CO71899
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 18 February 2003
1 m awayRef 200354CO08903
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 4 May 2021
8 m awayRef 2021544209821
Slight
MAN crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 5 November 2025
14 m awayRef 2025541665119
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3102 in Wiltshire, 29 September 2002
31 m awayRef 200254CO52102
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A420 in Wiltshire, 29 May 1982
31 m awayRef 198254DW01452
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018547701618 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.