A4 crash in Bristol on 27 August 2001 at 16:00 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bristol at 16:00 on Monday 27 August 2001. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 30-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2001
- Monday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49822, longitude -2.69102, in the BS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Avonmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 9DJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001520114359
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4054
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 slight injury crash on 28 September 2002.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4 in Bristol, 28 September 2002
10 m awayRef 2002520127345
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 17 June 2001
10 m awayRef 2001520079821
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4 in Bristol, 1 October 2003
10 m awayRef 2003520128589
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A4 in Bristol, 14 December 2024
16 m awayRef 2024522500145
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Bristol, 22 September 2013
20 m awayRef 2013521306286
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Bristol, 29 November 1984
20 m awayRef 198452CSM2341
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,520 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2001520114359 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.