A4018 crash in Bristol on 30 March 2001 at 09:41 involving a Ford Transit
A Ford Transit and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A4018 in Bristol at 09:41 on Friday 30 March 2001. The 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit and the 79-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2001
- Friday, 09:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47221, longitude -2.61576, in the BS6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton Down, Bristol, BS8 2QX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001520046019
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2017.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 19 November 2017
9 m awayRef 2017521707788
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 23 April 2024
10 m awayRef 2024522401906
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 4 September 2021
19 m awayRef 2021522104745
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 17 July 2007
22 m awayRef 2007520709379
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 4 February 2004
22 m awayRef 2004520021938
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 17 December 1994
22 m awayRef 19945294D7089
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2001520046019 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.