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Serious M32 crash in Bristol on 6 April 2001 at 08:10 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the M32 in Bristol at 08:10 on Friday 6 April 2001. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo was seriously injured and the 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Apr 2001
Friday, 08:10
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Citroen Saxo
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49163, longitude -2.54357, in the BS16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome Vale, Bristol, BS16 1EA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001520047775
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
32
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 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 2001520047775 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.