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Serious A38 crash in Bristol on 19 December 1983 at 13:45 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter hit a pedestrian on the A38 in Bristol at 13:45 on Monday 19 December 1983. The 57-year-old female rider and a 68-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1983
Monday, 13:45
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46618, longitude -2.59089, in the BS6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198352ACE1933
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198352ACE1933 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bristol road accident statistics for 1983.