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Fatal B4066 crash in Stroud on 19 December 1981 at 00:05 involving a car

A car crashed on the B4066 in Stroud at 00:05 on Saturday 19 December 1981. The 20-year-old male driver was killed, two other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Dec 1981
Saturday, 00:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
1 killed, 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69204, longitude -2.30955, in the GL11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981530EI0602
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4066
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, 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 1981530EI0602 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stroud road accident statistics for 1981.