Serious B4040 crash in Wiltshire on 19 March 2024 at 23:02 involving a Ford Galaxy
A car and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire at 23:02 on Tuesday 19 March 2024. The 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Mar 2024
- Tuesday, 23:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58429, longitude -2.18524, in the SN16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024543208424
- Council area
- Wiltshire
- Police force
- Wiltshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 February 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 11 February 1987
40 m awayRef 198754CY01147
Slight
Car crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 8 February 1984
63 m awayRef 198454CY00234
Serious
Car crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 7 February 1982
178 m awayRef 198254CY00262
Slight
Car crash on the B4461 in South Gloucestershire, 27 December 1979
317 m awayRef 197952EFT2050
Slight
Leyland crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 19 September 2001
361 m awayRef 200154CY59401
Slight
Car crash on the B4040 in Wiltshire, 7 May 1988
602 m awayRef 198854CY01248
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024543208424 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 2024.