Serious B4079 crash in Tewkesbury on 20 April 1984 at 10:32 involving a car
A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B4079 in Tewkesbury at 10:32 on Friday 20 April 1984. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Apr 1984
- Friday, 10:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and lorry
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0107, longitude -2.09029, in the GL20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tewkesbury
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1984530AI0259
- Council area
- Tewkesbury
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4079
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2018.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4079 in Tewkesbury, 21 April 2018
72 m awayRef 2018530301513
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4079 in Tewkesbury, 14 May 1995
73 m awayRef 1995530AI0615
Serious
Opel Manta crash on the B4079 in Tewkesbury, 22 August 1998
73 m awayRef 1998530AI1263
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B4079 in Tewkesbury, 20 August 1995
78 m awayRef 1995530AI1082
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the B4079 in Wychavon, 31 October 2003
158 m awayRef 200322CD37543
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B4079 in Wychavon, 20 January 2009
158 m awayRef 200922C900514
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1984530AI0259 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 1984.