A431 crash in South Gloucestershire on 23 November 2001 at 11:30 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323 and a car were involved in a crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire at 11:30 on Friday 23 November 2001. The 17-year-old male driver of the car was 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
- 23 Nov 2001
- Friday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 323 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4493, longitude -2.51774, in the BS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hanham, South Gloucestershire, BS15 3FS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001520161195
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 431
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 25 July 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 25 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198752DK01266
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 21 December 2010
10 m awayRef 2010521100086
Serious
Car crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 7 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198552DK01986
Slight
Piaggio Typhoon crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 14 October 1996
10 m awayRef 19965296F4510
Slight
Car crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 19 November 1988
14 m awayRef 198852DK02072
Slight
Honda crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 23 June 2008
14 m awayRef 2008520807137
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2001520161195 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 2001.