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A38 crash in Bristol on 8 October 1993 at 11:20 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A38 in Bristol at 11:20 on Friday 8 October 1993. The 27-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1993
Friday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Vespa (Douglas)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49283, longitude -2.58331, in the BS7 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
19935293D6526
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 1 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    90 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 19935293D6526 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 1993.