A4136 crash in the Forest of Dean on 17 April 2024 at 08:45 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on the A4136 in the Forest of Dean at 08:45 on Wednesday 17 April 2024. A 33-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 107 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2024
- Wednesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and Peugeot 107
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8407, longitude -2.52208, in the GL17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cinderford West, Forest of Dean, GL17 9DB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024531432896
- Council area
- Forest of Dean
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4136
- 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
- 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
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 33 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 September 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A4136 in the Forest of Dean, 23 September 1984
33 m awayRef 1984530BI0624
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4136 in the Forest of Dean, 13 January 1997
46 m awayRef 1997530BI0151
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in the Forest of Dean, 5 March 2023
58 m awayRef 2023531283269
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4136 in the Forest of Dean, 27 November 1993
60 m awayRef 1993530BI2171
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A4136 in the Forest of Dean, 27 January 2003
62 m awayRef 2003530AI0279
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A4136 in the Forest of Dean, 21 August 2011
62 m awayRef 2011530205223
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 107)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024531432896 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 2024.