Serious A433 crash in Cotswold on 21 September 2018 at 11:11 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A433 in Cotswold at 11:11 on Friday 21 September 2018. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 24-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Sep 2018
- Friday, 11:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66602, longitude -2.10946, in the GL8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018530329640
- 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
- 433
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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 with 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2009.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 4 July 2009
8 m awayRef 2009530198225
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 8 December 1993
16 m awayRef 1993530AI1853
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 1 March 2003
16 m awayRef 2003530AI1126
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 16 October 1998
16 m awayRef 1998530AI1613
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 9 January 2004
22 m awayRef 2004530AI0637
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 2 November 1995
22 m awayRef 1995530AI1453
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018530329640 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.