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Serious A403 crash in Bristol on 23 May 1994 at 16:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A403 in Bristol at 16:35 on Monday 23 May 1994. The 23-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1000 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
23 May 1994
Monday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Kawasaki ZX1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50678, longitude -2.69645, in the BS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Avonmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19945294E5929
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
403
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

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 19945294E5929 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.