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A46 crash in Stroud on 18 January 2020 at 09:16 involving a Toyota Auris

A Toyota Auris and a Volkswagen Touareg were involved in a crash on the A46 in Stroud at 09:16 on Saturday 18 January 2020. The 53-year-old female driver of the Toyota Auris and the 39-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Touareg were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 2020
Saturday, 09:16
Vehicles
2
Toyota Auris and Volkswagen Touareg
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72458, longitude -2.22826, in the GL5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rodborough, Stroud, GL5 5DH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020530920580
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
46
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touareg

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,460 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Auris)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touareg)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2020530920580 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stroud road accident statistics for 2020.