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Serious unclassified road crash in Cheltenham GL50 on 15 August 2025 at 08:00 involving a Ford Kuga

A Ford Kuga hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Cheltenham at 08:00 on Friday 15 August 2025. A 63-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 2025
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Kuga
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90408, longitude -2.07648, in the GL50 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheltenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the College, Cheltenham, GL50 1NA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cheltenham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025531633232
Council area
Cheltenham
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4019

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 63, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2025531633232 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cheltenham road accident statistics for 2025.