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Serious unclassified road crash in the Forest of Dean GL18 on 17 October 2022 at 19:30 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the Forest of Dean at 19:30 on Monday 17 October 2022. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Oct 2022
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93133, longitude -2.40214, in the GL18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newent & Taynton, Forest of Dean, GL18 1TQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Forest of Dean

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022531234366
Council area
Forest of Dean
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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, lighting unknown
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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 2022531234366 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 2022.