Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious B4059 crash in South Gloucestershire on 6 July 1996 at 14:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire at 14:45 on Saturday 6 July 1996. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort and the 70-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro were seriously injured and a 71-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jul 1996
Saturday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56729, longitude -2.50491, in the BS35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296E2576
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4059
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    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 19965296E2576 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.