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A4 crash in Bristol on 1 April 1987 at 11:30 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bristol at 11:30 on Wednesday 1 April 1987. The 31-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Apr 1987
Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44975, longitude -2.62162, in the BS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198752CR00536
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 198752CR00536 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.