Fatal unclassified road crash in South Gloucestershire BS32 on 21 August 1998 at 16:05
Two vehicles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire at 16:05 on Friday 21 August 1998. The 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 21 Aug 1998
- Friday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53823, longitude -2.549, in the BS32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradley Stoke.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998520095095
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 49, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
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 1998520095095 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.