Fatal A424 crash in Cotswold on 5 March 2022 at 14:10 involving a Honda FR-V
A Honda FR-V, a Volvo XC90 and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on the A424 in Cotswold at 14:10 on Saturday 5 March 2022. The 61-year-old female driver of the Honda FR-V was killed and three other people were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 5 Mar 2022
- Saturday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda FR-V and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 killed, 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94092, longitude -1.72865, in the GL54 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cotswold
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022531151067
- 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
- 424
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 1996.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A424 in Cotswold, 14 September 1996
10 m awayRef 1996530AI1278
Serious
Car crash on the A424 in Cotswold, 18 September 1985
58 m awayRef 1985530AI0577
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A424 in Cotswold, 22 April 1997
61 m awayRef 1997530AI0506
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A424 in Cotswold, 16 November 1988
63 m awayRef 1988530AI0718
Slight
Car crash on the A424 in Cotswold, 30 November 1985
94 m awayRef 1985530AI0781
Slight
Lorry crash on the A424 in Cotswold, 1 November 2022
97 m awayRef 2022531295099
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda FR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda FR-V)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC90)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC90)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC90)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2022531151067 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 2022.