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Serious C road crash in Cotswold GL8 on 22 December 2008 at 17:29 involving an Audi A6

An Audi A6 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in Cotswold at 17:29 on Monday 22 December 2008. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 38-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were seriously injured and the 69-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 2008
Monday, 17:29
Vehicles
2
Audi A6 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63952, longitude -2.15473, in the GL8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tetbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tetbury East & Rural, Cotswold, GL8 8JJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008530196254
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A6)

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 2008530196254 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 2008.