A38 crash in Gloucester on 11 January 2013 at 19:03 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A38 in Gloucester at 19:03 on Friday 11 January 2013. The 57-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2013
- Friday, 19:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85783, longitude -2.22045, in the GL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coney Hill, Gloucester, GL4 6PD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013530207638
- Council area
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 16 March 2014
2 m awayRef 2014530208552
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A4302 in Gloucester, 16 September 2021
3 m awayRef 2021531088245
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A4302 in Gloucester, 6 May 2023
3 m awayRef 2023531304789
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 8 October 2003
4 m awayRef 2003530AI3341
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 16 September 1997
4 m awayRef 1997530BI1692
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A38 in Gloucester, 31 March 2001
4 m awayRef 2001530AI1064
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2013530207638 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 2013.