B4028 crash in the Forest of Dean on 3 April 2013 at 08:20 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Citroen C2 were involved in a crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean at 08:20 on Wednesday 3 April 2013. The 21-year-old female driver of the Citroen C2 and the 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2013
- Wednesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Citroen C2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80345, longitude -2.60002, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013530207804
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4432
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2015.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 4 July 2015
1 m awayRef 2015530209664
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 7 October 2004
4 m awayRef 2004530AI3623
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the B4432 in the Forest of Dean, 23 December 1997
4 m awayRef 1997530BI2565
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 10 January 1996
4 m awayRef 1996530BI0017
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 26 February 2005
4 m awayRef 2005530181110
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4028 in the Forest of Dean, 9 February 2010
4 m awayRef 2010530200749
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
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 2013530207804 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 2013.