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Fatal B4059 crash in South Gloucestershire on 4 May 1981 at 21:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire at 21:10 on Monday 4 May 1981. A 19-year-old male passenger was killed, one other person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 May 1981
Monday, 21:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
6
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54746, longitude -2.44975, in the BS37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yate.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198152DCH0648
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4059
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198152DCH0648 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 1981.