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A433 crash in Cotswold on 3 October 1997 at 17:20 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A433 in Cotswold at 17:20 on Friday 3 October 1997. The 39-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was 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
3 Oct 1997
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66345, longitude -2.11316, in the GL8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997530AI1306
Council area
Cotswold
Police force
Gloucestershire
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
433
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 July 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 1997530AI1306 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cotswold road accident statistics for 1997.