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A38 crash in Stroud on 13 January 1993 at 22:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A38 in Stroud at 22:00 on Wednesday 13 January 1993. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jan 1993
Wednesday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79104, longitude -2.30979, in the GL2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993530BI0104
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 1993530BI0104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stroud road accident statistics for 1993.