Here are my thoughts.
1st, we don't know, we weren't there.
2nd, my 1st reaction was 'why the hell would anyone choose to land on a road?' I would drill my students to fly with sufficient height and care to have landing options available whenever possible. Landing on a road is a very last resort.
3rd, (and again…. we don't know…. but if the intrepid pilot was on short final for Staverton / Glos RW 04, these might possibly be pictures of:
A) a reasonable approach, with engine producing some power, for a powered approach, and…
B) the vexed position as the engine fails, leaving nothing but a line of trees ahead which cannot be flown over, with the only escape route, being the A40 which was thankfully sufficiently uncluttered as to allow a safe forced landing.
If so, kudos to the pilot. I'd be proud if you were one of my ex-students pulling off a safe landing like that!
Apologies, I don't know how to place / position the 2 images, but I'm sure you can determine which one is which.