B4234 crash in the Forest of Dean on 18 June 2006 at 10:00 involving a Renault Laguna
A car and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the B4234 in the Forest of Dean at 10:00 on Sunday 18 June 2006. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna was 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
- 18 Jun 2006
- Sunday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8405, longitude -2.58057, in the GL17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Forest of Dean
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006530187174
- Council area
- Forest of Dean
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4234
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1994.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4234 in the Forest of Dean, 5 September 1994
At the same spotRef 1994530BI1654
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the B4234 in the Forest of Dean, 25 August 2001
22 m awayRef 2001530AI2910
Slight
MG 3 crash on the B4234 in the Forest of Dean, 17 August 2024
27 m awayRef 2024531480887
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the B4234 in Herefordshire, 13 February 1993
32 m awayRef 1993220502007
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4234 in the Forest of Dean, 11 November 1995
32 m awayRef 1995530BI2047
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4234 in the Forest of Dean, 15 June 2017
47 m awayRef 2017530251218
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
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 2006530187174 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 2006.