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A4 crash in Bristol on 18 April 2001 at 05:30 involving a Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX500 motorcycle crashed on the A4 in Bristol at 05:30 on Wednesday 18 April 2001. The 45-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 2001
Wednesday, 05:30
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki EX500
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48691, longitude -2.65643, in the BS9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke Bishop, Bristol, BS9 2ED area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001520052086
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
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, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX500

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX500)

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 2001520052086 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.