A4311 crash in Swindon on 1 April 2019 at 18:00 involving a Mercedes E Class taxi
A Mercedes E Class taxi and a Volkswagen Passat taxi were involved in a crash on the A4311 in Swindon at 18:00 on Monday 1 April 2019. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2019
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58754, longitude -1.77529, in the SN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stratton St Margaret. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Stratton, Swindon, SN2 7TW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swindon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019543200919
- Council area
- Swindon
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4311
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2025.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4311 in Swindon, 27 February 2025
2 m awayRef 2025542521725
Slight
Car crash on the A4311 in Swindon, 16 April 1988
6 m awayRef 198854DN00598
Slight
Car crash on the A345 in Swindon, 12 October 1980
6 m awayRef 198054DD10920
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A4311 in Swindon, 21 October 2003
8 m awayRef 200354DN53603
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the M4 in Wiltshire, 21 September 2004
8 m awayRef 200454MA09004
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4311 in Swindon, 25 September 2004
8 m awayRef 200454DN48404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2019543200919 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 2019.