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C road crash in the Forest of Dean GL16 on 9 February 2002 at 12:30 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A Fiat Cinquecento and a Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on a C road in the Forest of Dean at 12:30 on Saturday 9 February 2002. The 20-year-old male driver of the Fiat Cinquecento and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Cinquecento were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Feb 2002
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Cinquecento and Rover Range Rover
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79248, longitude -2.61736, in the GL16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coleford, Forest of Dean, GL16 8SH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002530AI0484
Council area
Forest of Dean
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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 slight injury crash on 26 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

    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 2002530AI0484 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 2002.