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Serious A4 crash in Bristol on 24 January 1986 at 16:50 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the A4 in Bristol at 16:50 on Friday 24 January 1986. An 81-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1986
Friday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50093, longitude -2.69723, in the BS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Avonmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198652CS00176
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    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 198652CS00176 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 1986.