Skip to main content
CrashStats

M5 crash in Stroud on 7 February 1993 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the M5 in Stroud at 21:30 on Sunday 7 February 1993. The 28-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1993
Sunday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81675, longitude -2.23163, in the GL4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993530BI0252
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 1993530BI0252 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.