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A436 crash in Cotswold on 1 January 2018 at 10:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on the A436 in Cotswold at 10:00 on Monday 1 January 2018. The 36-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo, the 80-year-old female driver of the car and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jan 2018
Monday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84435, longitude -2.09466, in the GL4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ermin, Cotswold, GL4 8JY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018530255564
Council area
Cotswold
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
436
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: 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
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    80 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2018530255564 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cotswold road accident statistics for 2018.