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Serious A4174 crash in Bristol on 20 December 1994 at 18:14 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4174 in Bristol at 18:14 on Tuesday 20 December 1994. The 30-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1994
Tuesday, 18:14
Vehicles
2
Ford Capri and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41866, longitude -2.59991, in the BS4 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
19945294C1491
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4174
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 19 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 19945294C1491 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 1994.