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B3129 crash in Bristol on 29 December 1997 at 07:00 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B3129 in Bristol at 07:00 on Monday 29 December 1997. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1997
Monday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45677, longitude -2.62013, in the BS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997520003391
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3129
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
3129

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

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 1997520003391 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bristol road accident statistics for 1997.