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A40 crash in Cotswold on 24 March 2013 at 17:13 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the A40 in Cotswold at 17:13 on Sunday 24 March 2013. A 57-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Range Rover, a 6-year-old male passenger in the Renault Laguna and the 40-year-old female driver of the Renault Laguna were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2013
Sunday, 17:13
Vehicles
2
Renault Laguna and Land Rover Range Rover
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85481, longitude -1.89586, in the GL54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013530207753
Council area
Cotswold
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    4,367 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

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 2013530207753 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cotswold road accident statistics for 2013.