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Serious unclassified road crash in Cotswold GL7 on 13 March 2018 at 13:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cotswold at 13:45 on Tuesday 13 March 2018. The 24-year-old male rider of the Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Mar 2018
Tuesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Yamaha GPD 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72506, longitude -1.96476, in the GL7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cirencester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Cotswold, GL7 2DX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018530281405
Council area
Cotswold
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha GPD 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha GPD 125)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately 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 2018530281405 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.