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B4215 crash in the Forest of Dean on 24 July 2017 at 13:01 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza, a Mini John Cooper Works and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the B4215 in the Forest of Dean at 13:01 on Monday 24 July 2017. The 47-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza, the 35-year-old female driver of the Mini John Cooper Works and the 68-year-old female driver of the Mercedes E Class were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jul 2017
Monday, 13:01
Vehicles
3
Seat Ibiza and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9343, longitude -2.39935, in the GL18 postcode district. 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017530205600
Council area
Forest of Dean
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4215
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mini John Cooper Works

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    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
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    3,226 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini John Cooper Works)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes E Class)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

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 2017530205600 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 2017.