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Serious B4509 crash in South Gloucestershire on 6 August 1985 at 20:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the B4509 in South Gloucestershire at 20:20 on Tuesday 6 August 1985. The 20-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 19-year-old female passenger was 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
6 Aug 1985
Tuesday, 20:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63455, longitude -2.43674, in the GL12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198552DC02056
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4509
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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

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

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, 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 198552DC02056 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 1985.