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Unclassified road crash in South Gloucestershire GL12 on 31 December 1993 at 00:05 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire at 00:05 on Friday 31 December 1993. The 21-year-old male driver and a 24-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1993
Friday, 00:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6126, longitude -2.41299, in the GL12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19935293E4891
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19935293E4891 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.