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Unclassified road crash in the Forest of Dean GL19 on 7 May 1993 at 16:00 involving a Volvo 740

A Volvo 740 and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Forest of Dean at 16:00 on Friday 7 May 1993. The 36-year-old female driver of the Volvo 740 and the 66-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 May 1993
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 740 and Renault 5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97145, longitude -2.35325, in the GL19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Forest of Dean

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993530BI0800
Council area
Forest of Dean
Police force
Gloucestershire

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 159 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 740)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

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 1993530BI0800 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Forest of Dean road accident statistics for 1993.