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Serious A4135 crash in Tewkesbury on 23 February 1979 at 08:30 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A4135 in Tewkesbury at 08:30 on Friday 23 February 1979. The 24-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Feb 1979
Friday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66247, longitude -2.27031, in the GL8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tewkesbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979530EI0072
Council area
Tewkesbury
Police force
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4135
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1979530EI0072 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tewkesbury road accident statistics for 1979.