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Serious B4040 crash in South Gloucestershire on 5 April 1979 at 14:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4040 in South Gloucestershire at 14:35 on Thursday 5 April 1979. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Apr 1979
Thursday, 14:35
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
5
3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5266, longitude -2.30986, in the GL9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197952ESC0509
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4040
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 197952ESC0509 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1979.