B4073 crash in Gloucester on 5 December 1993 at 21:19 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a car were involved in a crash on the B4073 in Gloucester at 21:19 on Sunday 5 December 1993. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 1993
- Sunday, 21:19
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84653, longitude -2.22162, in the GL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester.
Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993530BI2240
- Council area
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4073
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 2017.
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 23 December 2017
6 m awayRef 2017530252773
Slight
Hyundai Kona crash on an unclassified road in Gloucester, 13 October 2023
11 m awayRef 2023531362713
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 19 March 1997
14 m awayRef 1997530BI0454
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 22 October 1994
22 m awayRef 1994530BI2004
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 13 October 1993
22 m awayRef 1993530BI1861
Slight
Car crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 27 October 1988
22 m awayRef 1988530BI0689
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 1993530BI2240 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 1993.