B4073 crash in Gloucester on 6 February 2011 at 02:39 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and an Alfa Romeo 156 were involved in a crash on the B4073 in Gloucester at 02:39 on Sunday 6 February 2011. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2011
- Sunday, 02:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Alfa Romeo 156
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83769, longitude -2.21231, in the GL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4FS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011530204804
- Council area
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4073
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 16 October 1992.
Fatal
Renault 5 crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 16 October 1992
14 m awayRef 1992530BI1942
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 1 October 2017
22 m awayRef 2017530225295
Fatal
Saab 9-5 crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 18 December 2008
22 m awayRef 2008530196878
Slight
Car crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 28 April 2004
41 m awayRef 2004530AI1520
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 9 January 1994
41 m awayRef 1994530BI0033
Serious
Car crash on the B4073 in Gloucester, 30 January 1980
50 m awayRef 1980530WI0063
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 156
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 156)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2011530204804 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 2011.