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A40 crash in Cheltenham on 4 August 1994 at 15:35 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the A40 in Cheltenham at 15:35 on Thursday 4 August 1994. A 21-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Jetta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Aug 1994
Thursday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Jetta and Mazda 323
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89454, longitude -2.0825, in the GL50 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheltenham.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheltenham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994530AI1068
Council area
Cheltenham
Police force
Gloucestershire
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
40

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,457 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    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 1994530AI1068 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheltenham road accident statistics for 1994.