Serious A433 crash in Cotswold on 31 July 2021 at 11:02 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class, a Volkswagen Golf and a Jaguar E-Pace were involved in a crash on the A433 in Cotswold at 11:02 on Saturday 31 July 2021. The 62-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured and the 50-year-old male driver of the Jaguar E-Pace and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Jaguar E-Pace were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jul 2021
- Saturday, 11:02
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes C Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69328, longitude -2.01566, in the GL7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021531072199
- 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
- 433
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2014.
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 8 September 2014
1 m awayRef 2014530209350
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 16 February 2012
2 m awayRef 2012530206265
Fatal
Mini Countryman crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 1 October 2021
7 m awayRef 2021531094155
Serious
Renault 19 crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 2 July 1994
9 m awayRef 1994530AI0925
Slight
Audi 90 crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 5 August 2001
9 m awayRef 2001530AI2646
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A433 in Cotswold, 11 April 1999
9 m awayRef 1999530AI1369
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Jaguar E-Pace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Jaguar E-Pace)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Jaguar E-Pace)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021531072199 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 2021.