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A40 crash in Gloucester on 24 August 2008 at 15:10 involving an LDV Cub van

A car and an LDV Cub van were involved in a crash on the A40 in Gloucester at 15:10 on Sunday 24 August 2008. A 41-year-old female passenger in the LDV Cub van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 2008
Sunday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Car and LDV Cub
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87845, longitude -2.19957, in the GL2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longlevens, Gloucester, GL2 0XH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008530195888
Council area
Gloucester
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
40

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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: LDV Cub

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV Cub)

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 2008530195888 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 2008.