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B4059 crash in South Gloucestershire on 21 December 1996 at 19:35 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire at 19:35 on Saturday 21 December 1996. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova and the 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Carlton were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1996
Saturday, 19:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54904, longitude -2.43505, in the BS37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yate.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296E7036
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 28 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)

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 19965296E7036 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.