M32 crash in South Gloucestershire on 3 July 1995 at 18:48 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5 crashed on the M32 in South Gloucestershire at 18:48 on Monday 3 July 1995. The 36-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 1995
- Monday, 18:48
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mazda MX-5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51256, longitude -2.51915, in the BS16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19955295E2449
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 32
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 4
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 18 May 1989
At the same spotRef 198952DF00794
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 23 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198452DFI1076
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 1 October 2000
10 m awayRef 2000520120791
Slight
Car crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 12 January 1985
10 m awayRef 198552DF00078
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 3 October 1986
10 m awayRef 198652DF01881
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 11 July 2024
13 m awayRef 2024522402274
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
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 19955295E2449 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 1995.