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A4176 crash in Bristol on 18 April 1997 at 12:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4176 in Bristol at 12:20 on Friday 18 April 1997. The 78-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 20-year-old female cyclist were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 1997
Friday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and bicycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46639, longitude -2.62012, in the BS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997520033291
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4176
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
B
Second road number
4467

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 13 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, 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 1997520033291 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.