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A431 crash in South Gloucestershire on 16 August 1996 at 17:00 involving a Mitsubishi Lancer

A Mitsubishi Lancer and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire at 17:00 on Friday 16 August 1996. The 8-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 1996
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Lancer and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44873, longitude -2.51584, in the BS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296F3182
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
431
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 12 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Lancer

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19965296F3182 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.