Serious A4017 crash in South Gloucestershire on 7 October 1987 at 07:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A4017 in South Gloucestershire at 07:20 on Wednesday 7 October 1987. The 60-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Oct 1987
- Wednesday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46952, longitude -2.51046, in the BS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198752DK01732
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4017
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1988.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4017 in South Gloucestershire, 24 July 1988
14 m awayRef 198852DS01298
Slight
Bus crash on the A4017 in South Gloucestershire, 4 May 1996
14 m awayRef 19965296F1652
Slight
Suzuki UK 110 crash on the A4017 in South Gloucestershire, 28 November 2025
18 m awayRef 2025522600882
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4017 in South Gloucestershire, 27 April 2013
22 m awayRef 2013521302672
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4017 in South Gloucestershire, 17 April 1998
22 m awayRef 1998520039691
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4017 in South Gloucestershire, 6 March 1992
30 m awayRef 19925292F9111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 60, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198752DK01732 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1987.