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A4044 crash in Bristol on 3 October 1987 at 14:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A4044 in Bristol at 14:00 on Saturday 3 October 1987. A 29-year-old male pedestrian hit by the bus or coach was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 1987
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44903, longitude -2.58664, in the BS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198752AC01470
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4044
Road type
Dual 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, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 22 May 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198752AC01470 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 1987.