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Fatal A429 crash in Cotswold on 2 April 2020 at 20:23 involving an Audi S3

An Audi S3 crashed on the A429 in Cotswold at 20:23 on Thursday 2 April 2020. The 53-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Apr 2020
Thursday, 20:23
Vehicles
1
Audi S3
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6836, longitude -2.01137, in the GL7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020530944134
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
429
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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 15 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi S3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi S3)

    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 2020530944134 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 2020.