A4013 crash in Cheltenham on 27 October 2017 at 14:55 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A4013 in Cheltenham at 14:55 on Friday 27 October 2017. The 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2017
- Friday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90144, longitude -2.11677, in the GL51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheltenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Mark's, Cheltenham, GL51 7DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cheltenham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017530238614
- Council area
- Cheltenham
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4013
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2022.
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A4013 in Cheltenham, 9 February 2022
6 m awayRef 2022531142307
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A4013 in Cheltenham, 18 June 2008
10 m awayRef 2008530195115
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cheltenham, 5 August 1979
13 m awayRef 1979530NI0468
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cheltenham, 28 February 1983
16 m awayRef 1983530AI0141
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cheltenham, 10 January 1980
22 m awayRef 1980530NI0015
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4013 in Cheltenham, 22 October 2002
22 m awayRef 2002530AI3493
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2017530238614 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheltenham road accident statistics for 2017.