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Unclassified road crash in Stroud GL5 on 28 October 2008 at 19:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Stroud at 19:20 on Tuesday 28 October 2008. A 50-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2008
Tuesday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74978, longitude -2.24898, in the GL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stroud. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cainscross, Stroud, GL5 4SA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008530196854
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Raining with 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: 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 age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2008530196854 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.