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A46 crash in South Gloucestershire on 4 November 1990 at 14:50 involving a Citroen XM

A Citroen XM and a car were involved in a crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire at 14:50 on Sunday 4 November 1990. The 37-year-old female driver of the car, a 34-year-old female passenger in the car and a 26-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 1990
Sunday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Citroen XM and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57563, longitude -2.30154, in the GL9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19905290D4286
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
433

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen XM

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19905290D4286 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 1990.