A345 crash in Wiltshire on 10 April 2019 at 08:55 involving an Audi Q3
An Audi Q3, a Saab 9-3 and a Mercedes Vito van were involved in a crash on the A345 in Wiltshire at 08:55 on Wednesday 10 April 2019. The 81-year-old male driver of the Saab 9-3, the 67-year-old female driver of the Audi Q3 and the 44-year-old female driver of the Mercedes Vito van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Apr 2019
- Wednesday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi Q3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32971, longitude -1.77898, in the SN9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019543478019
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 345
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 12 October 2007
18 m awayRef 200754EC35807
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 8 May 2000
25 m awayRef 200054AP26200
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 19 August 2012
25 m awayRef 2012547395512
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 21 March 2004
32 m awayRef 200454AP15404
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 9 May 2003
39 m awayRef 200354AP25203
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A345 in Wiltshire, 30 May 2003
39 m awayRef 200354AP34203
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes Vito)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019543478019 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 2019.