Serious A419 crash in Stroud on 18 October 2020 at 15:06 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A419 in Stroud at 15:06 on Sunday 18 October 2020. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Oct 2020
- Sunday, 15:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 6
- 1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74468, longitude -2.2232, in the GL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stroud. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stroud Central, Stroud, GL5 1AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stroud
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020530990907
- 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
- 419
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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 serious injury crash on 11 January 2020.
Serious
Peugeot 207 crash on the A419 in Stroud, 11 January 2020
8 m awayRef 2020530927093
Slight
Car crash on the A419 in Stroud, 26 April 1990
14 m awayRef 1990530BI5132
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A419 in Stroud, 31 July 1982
35 m awayRef 1982530CI0378
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A419 in Stroud, 24 September 1979
35 m awayRef 1979530EI0453
Slight
Car crash on the A419 in Stroud, 18 November 1981
35 m awayRef 1981530EI0536
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A419 in Stroud, 5 February 1981
35 m awayRef 1981530EI0043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2020530990907 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.