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M5 crash in Tewkesbury on 22 August 2010 at 23:35 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA crashed on the M5 in Tewkesbury at 23:35 on Sunday 22 August 2010. A 23-year-old female passenger and the 21-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Aug 2010
Sunday, 23:35
Vehicles
1
Ford KA
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04298, longitude -2.13265, in the GL20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tewkesbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010530202317
Council area
Tewkesbury
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    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
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

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 2010530202317 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tewkesbury road accident statistics for 2010.