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Fatal B4231 crash in the Forest of Dean on 23 January 2020 at 17:05 involving a Peugeot 307

A Peugeot 307 crashed on the B4231 in the Forest of Dean at 17:05 on Thursday 23 January 2020. The 55-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Jan 2020
Thursday, 17:05
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 307
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73527, longitude -2.54942, in the GL15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Forest of Dean

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020530922755
Council area
Forest of Dean
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4231
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
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 18 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2020530922755 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Forest of Dean road accident statistics for 2020.