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C road crash in Stroud GL6 on 7 September 2008 at 00:45 involving a Vauxhall Tigra

A Vauxhall Tigra and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Stroud at 00:45 on Sunday 7 September 2008. The 80-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Sep 2008
Sunday, 00:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Tigra and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7089, longitude -2.17856, in the GL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minchinhampton.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008530195822
Council area
Stroud
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
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Tigra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2008530195822 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stroud road accident statistics for 2008.