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Fatal M32 crash in South Gloucestershire on 18 May 1996 at 23:17 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 crashed on the M32 in South Gloucestershire at 23:17 on Saturday 18 May 1996. A 19-year-old female passenger was killed and a female passenger and a male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 May 1996
Saturday, 23:17
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 405
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50217, longitude -2.5294, in the BS16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296F1792
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
32

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    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 19965296F1792 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.