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Serious A403 crash in Bristol on 17 April 1985 at 14:05 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the A403 in Bristol at 14:05 on Wednesday 17 April 1985. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Apr 1985
Wednesday, 14:05
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49862, longitude -2.6933, in the BS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Avonmouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198552CA00623
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
403
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 serious injury crash on 10 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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

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 198552CA00623 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 1985.