M32 crash in South Gloucestershire on 24 June 1996 at 08:50 involving a Volkswagen Jetta
A Volkswagen Jetta, an Austin Morris Mini and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire at 08:50 on Monday 24 June 1996. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier 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
- 24 Jun 1996
- Monday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Jetta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49249, longitude -2.54298, 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
- 19965296E2382
- 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
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 serious injury crash on 27 April 1995.
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the M32 in Bristol, 27 April 1995
At the same spotRef 19955295B1559
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 23 July 1996
At the same spotRef 19965296E2863
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the M32 in Bristol, 22 July 2019
26 m awayRef 2019521904582
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the M32 in Bristol, 24 August 2025
46 m awayRef 2025522600006
Slight
Mercedes crash in South Gloucestershire, 21 November 1990
50 m awayRef 19905290D4515
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M32 in Bristol, 9 March 2011
50 m awayRef 2011521101563
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,588 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Morris Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 19965296E2382 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 1996.