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A4259 crash in Swindon on 1 October 2019 at 06:50 involving a Yamaha Delight 125 motorcycle

A Yamaha Delight 125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A4259 in Swindon at 06:50 on Tuesday 1 October 2019. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Oct 2019
Tuesday, 06:50
Vehicles
1
Yamaha Delight 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55965, longitude -1.76341, in the SN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swindon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walcot, Swindon, SN3 1BN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swindon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019549744019
Council area
Swindon
Police force
Wiltshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4259
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha Delight 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha Delight 125)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 2019549744019 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.