B3122 crash in Bristol on 27 September 1998 at 14:00 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3122 in Bristol at 14:00 on Sunday 27 September 1998. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 1998
- Sunday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43647, longitude -2.59842, in the BS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998520111449
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3122
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2024.
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 27 November 2024
11 m awayRef 2024522403376
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 16 October 1981
20 m awayRef 198152BIS1357
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 20 August 1989
20 m awayRef 198952BI01122
Serious
Car crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 21 December 1985
22 m awayRef 198552BI01773
Slight
Car crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 3 May 1986
22 m awayRef 198652BI00542
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 13 January 1987
22 m awayRef 198752BI00039
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1998520111449 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 1998.