A46 crash in Cheltenham on 30 November 2012 at 18:10 involving a Fiat 500
Four vehicles, including a Fiat 500 and an Audi TT, were involved in a crash on the A46 in Cheltenham at 18:10 on Friday 30 November 2012. The 21-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2012
- Friday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 4
- Fiat 500 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88377, longitude -2.08801, in the GL53 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheltenham.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheltenham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012530207295
- Council area
- Cheltenham
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2006.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 16 March 2006
3 m awayRef 2006530186050
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 22 June 2000
12 m awayRef 2000530AI1550
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 1 November 1989
34 m awayRef 1989530AI0721
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 29 October 2023
36 m awayRef 2023531368296
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 8 October 2022
48 m awayRef 2022531228171
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Cheltenham, 3 November 1983
48 m awayRef 1983530AI0799
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Renault Clio)
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 2012530207295 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheltenham road accident statistics for 2012.