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Unclassified road crash in Bristol BS7 on 26 August 1997 at 18:00 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A car and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bristol at 18:00 on Tuesday 26 August 1997. The 16-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and a 14-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle 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
26 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48522, longitude -2.57645, in the BS7 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
1997520073531
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 1997520073531 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.