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Serious B4469 crash in Bristol on 5 November 1983 at 16:40 involving a van

A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4469 in Bristol at 16:40 on Saturday 5 November 1983. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 32-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Nov 1983
Saturday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Van and motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47858, longitude -2.57363, in the BS7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198352CGL2011
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4469
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198352CGL2011 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.