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A37 crash in Bristol on 3 March 1997 at 18:50 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the A37 in Bristol at 18:50 on Monday 3 March 1997. The 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Mar 1997
Monday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40145, longitude -2.55268, in the BS14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997520020561
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
37
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Central refuge, no other controls

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    346 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 1997520020561 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.