A350 crash in Wiltshire on 20 November 2020 at 17:00 involving a Ford Transit van
Four vehicles, including a Ford Transit van and a Mitsubishi Asx, were involved in a crash on the A350 in Wiltshire at 17:00 on Friday 20 November 2020. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Asx was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 2020
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Transit and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45426, longitude -2.15184, in the SN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chippenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon, Wiltshire, SN14 0QQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202054B594520
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 350
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 May 2006.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 17 May 2006
26 m awayRef 200654CP24506
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 12 November 2021
87 m awayRef 202154B063921
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 31 October 2003
91 m awayRef 200354CP62303
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 6 July 2007
91 m awayRef 200754EP18607
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 12 October 2023
120 m awayRef 202354A849823
Slight
Volkswagen Caravelle crash on the A350 in Wiltshire, 2 March 2007
123 m awayRef 200754EP01907
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Asx
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Asx)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 202054B594520 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 2020.