Fatal A417 crash in Gloucester on 9 December 2018 at 18:10 involving a Jaguar X Type
A Jaguar X Type hit a pedestrian on the A417 in Gloucester at 18:10 on Sunday 9 December 2018. A 50-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 9 Dec 2018
- Sunday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Jaguar X Type
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87591, longitude -2.24219, in the GL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gloucester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsholm and Wotton, Gloucester, GL1 2BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gloucester
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018530806879
- Council area
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 417
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2003.
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A417 in Gloucester, 4 June 2003
6 m awayRef 2003530AI1896
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A417 in Gloucester, 22 December 2001
6 m awayRef 2001530AI4509
Slight
Car crash on the A417 in Gloucester, 15 November 2014
8 m awayRef 2014530209112
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A417 in Gloucester, 27 March 2009
12 m awayRef 2009530197300
Slight
Car crash on the A417 in Gloucester, 26 July 2001
13 m awayRef 2001530AI2497
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A417 in Gloucester, 19 October 2005
14 m awayRef 2005530184093
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Jaguar X Type)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2018530806879 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gloucester road accident statistics for 2018.