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Unclassified road crash in South Gloucestershire BS37 on 16 March 1985 at 07:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire at 07:50 on Saturday 16 March 1985. A 21-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 1985
Saturday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52938, longitude -2.42809, in the BS37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yate.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198552DC00469
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198552DC00469 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1985.