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Serious A46 crash in South Gloucestershire on 8 October 1993 at 20:00 involving a Bedford Astra

Four vehicles, including a Bedford Astra and a Scania lorry, were involved in a crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire at 20:00 on Friday 8 October 1993. The 32-year-old male driver of the Bedford Astra was seriously injured and the 39-year-old male driver of the Scania lorry was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Oct 1993
Friday, 20:00
Vehicles
4
Bedford Astra and 3 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50943, longitude -2.34289, in the GL9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19935293E3706
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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    8,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 4: Mitsubishi Galant

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

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 19935293E3706 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 1993.