Serious B4051 crash in Bristol on 23 August 1987 at 23:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4051 in Bristol at 23:50 on Sunday 23 August 1987. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Aug 1987
- Sunday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46512, longitude -2.58656, in the BS6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198752AT01231
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4051
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 7 October 2001.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B4051 in Bristol, 7 October 2001
At the same spotRef 2001520135330
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4051 in Bristol, 29 January 2023
5 m awayRef 2023522300777
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 18 July 2017
7 m awayRef 2017521705473
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B4051 in Bristol, 24 March 1979
10 m awayRef 197952ATR0305
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B4051 in Bristol, 2 November 2000
10 m awayRef 2000520139564
Slight
Car crash on the B4051 in Bristol, 24 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198652AT01933
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 198752AT01231 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.