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Serious B4228 crash in the Forest of Dean on 10 December 2015 at 21:25 involving a Skoda Fabia

A Skoda Fabia and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean at 21:25 on Thursday 10 December 2015. The 47-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Dec 2015
Thursday, 21:25
Vehicles
2
Skoda Fabia and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64894, longitude -2.66725, in the NP16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tutshill and Sedbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tidenham, Forest of Dean, NP16 7EA 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
2015530039409
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
4228
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2015530039409 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 2015.