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Fatal C road crash in Cotswold GL54 on 17 December 2004 at 04:12 involving a Fiat Bravo

A Fiat Bravo crashed on a C road in Cotswold at 04:12 on Friday 17 December 2004. A 28-year-old male passenger was killed and the 22-year-old female driver and a 26-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Dec 2004
Friday, 04:12
Vehicles
1
Fiat Bravo
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86872, longitude -1.8527, in the GL54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004530AI4873
Council area
Cotswold
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Bravo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Bravo)

    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 2004530AI4873 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 2004.