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A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 11 November 1997 at 16:20 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro, a Ford Escort and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 16:20 on Tuesday 11 November 1997. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
3
Austin Metro and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50833, longitude -2.57645, in the BS34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Filton.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997520000632
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4056

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1997520000632 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 1997.