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Serious B4221 crash in the Forest of Dean on 11 July 2015 at 16:00 involving a Subaru Forester

A Subaru Forester crashed on the B4221 in the Forest of Dean at 16:00 on Saturday 11 July 2015. The 80-year-old female driver and a 76-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jul 2015
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Subaru Forester
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93378, longitude -2.40792, in the GL18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newent & Taynton, Forest of Dean, GL18 1TQ 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
2015530209633
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
4221
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4215

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Subaru Forester

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Forester)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Forester)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2015530209633 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.