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Unclassified road crash in South Gloucestershire GL9 on 25 May 1998 at 17:00 involving a Nissan Sunny

A car and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire at 17:00 on Monday 25 May 1998. A 70-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny and the 78-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 May 1998
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Nissan Sunny
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51017, longitude -2.33411, in the GL9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520055069
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 28 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

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 1998520055069 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 1998.