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Serious A4174 crash in Bristol on 23 January 1987 at 23:35 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A4174 in Bristol at 23:35 on Friday 23 January 1987. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jan 1987
Friday, 23:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42155, longitude -2.57967, in the BS14 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
198752BR00081
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4174
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198752BR00081 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.