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Serious unclassified road crash in Bristol BS8 on 22 August 2001 at 20:15 involving a Peugeot 205

A car and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bristol at 20:15 on Wednesday 22 August 2001. The 30-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Aug 2001
Wednesday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46737, longitude -2.62851, in the BS8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke Bishop, Bristol, BS9 1NE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001520113255
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2001520113255 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.