A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 17 November 1999 at 17:37 involving a Citroen ZX
A car, a Citroen ZX and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 17:37 on Wednesday 17 November 1999. The 50-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX and the 27-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 1999
- Wednesday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen ZX and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5081, longitude -2.57647, in the BS34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Filton.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1999520144207
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4174
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1991.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B4056 in South Gloucestershire, 17 October 1991
At the same spotRef 19915291N7730
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 29 August 2004
At the same spotRef 2004520110884
Slight
Triumph Street Triple crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 22 January 2016
2 m awayRef 2016521601149
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 30 May 2019
7 m awayRef 2019521903580
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 22 March 2025
8 m awayRef 2025522501282
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 21 May 2014
8 m awayRef 2014521403293
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
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 1999520144207 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 1999.