Serious B4028 crash in the Forest of Dean on 3 December 2011 at 03:00 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean at 03:00 on Saturday 3 December 2011. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
- 3 Dec 2011
- Saturday, 03:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80272, longitude -2.60053, in the GL16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broadwell and Coalway. It is one of the crashes that make up the Berry Hill, Forest of Dean, GL16 7BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Forest of Dean
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011530206244
- Council area
- Forest of Dean
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4028
- 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
- 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 April 1996.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 13 April 1996
22 m awayRef 1996530BI0561
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 17 February 2007
32 m awayRef 2007530189802
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 3 November 2017
50 m awayRef 2017530239220
Serious
Car crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 7 May 1986
61 m awayRef 1986530BI0273
Slight
Car crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 18 July 1989
85 m awayRef 1989530BI0451
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 25 September 1990
85 m awayRef 1990530BI0557
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
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
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 2011530206244 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Forest of Dean road accident statistics for 2011.