A4 crash in Bristol on 31 December 2001 at 17:20 involving a Gilera Runner motorcycle
A car, a Gilera Runner motorcycle and a Piaggio NRG motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bristol at 17:20 on Monday 31 December 2001. The 16-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2001
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Gilera Runner and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44973, longitude -2.61575, in the BS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southville, Bristol, BS3 1RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001520002330
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4 in Bristol, 2 May 2001
At the same spotRef 2001520058670
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Bristol, 24 August 1983
At the same spotRef 198352ACE1224
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4 in Bristol, 12 August 2010
At the same spotRef 2010521006537
Serious
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A4 in Bristol, 6 July 2016
2 m awayRef 2016521605027
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A4 in Bristol, 5 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019521906230
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A4 in Bristol, 28 February 2014
7 m awayRef 2014521401960
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Gilera Runner
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Runner)
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 2001520002330 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 2001.