A403 crash in South Gloucestershire on 8 July 2000 at 21:31 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna crashed on the A403 in South Gloucestershire at 21:31 on Saturday 8 July 2000. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2000
- Saturday, 21:31
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57359, longitude -2.64022, in the BS35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000520084221
- 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
- 403
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2025.
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Fiat Ducato crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 10 April 2004
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Slight
Leyland DAF FTG 85 crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 18 February 2001
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Serious
Lorry crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 1 December 1982
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Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 19 February 2021
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 11 March 1994
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
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 2000520084221 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 2000.