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Serious A429 crash in Cotswold on 25 November 1993 at 13:35 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A429 in Cotswold at 13:35 on Thursday 25 November 1993. The 40-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was seriously injured and the 47-year-old male driver of the Volvo lorry and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Nov 1993
Thursday, 13:35
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88805, longitude -1.76718, in the GL54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993530AI1763
Council area
Cotswold
Police force
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
429
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 2 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 1993530AI1763 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cotswold road accident statistics for 1993.