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Unclassified road crash in South Gloucestershire BS34 on 26 May 1997 at 11:37 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta, a Fiat Punto and an MG MGB were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire at 11:37 on Monday 26 May 1997. The 42-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 May 1997
Monday, 11:37
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53081, longitude -2.57587, in the BS34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Patchway.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997520047982
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 8 January 2012.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: MG MGB

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

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 1997520047982 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.