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Serious A40 crash in Cheltenham on 24 September 1994 at 10:35 involving an Austin Metro

Two Austin Metros, a Vauxhall Brava van and a Renault 18 were involved in a crash on the A40 in Cheltenham at 10:35 on Saturday 24 September 1994. The 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 33-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Brava van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 1994
Saturday, 10:35
Vehicles
4
Austin Metro and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88907, longitude -2.05444, in the GL52 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheltenham.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheltenham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994530AI1335
Council area
Cheltenham
Police force
Gloucestershire
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

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

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1986.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Brava

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 4: Renault 18

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,647 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Brava)

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 1994530AI1335 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.