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A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 27 March 2002 at 16:30 involving a Mitsubishi Space Star

A Mitsubishi Space Star and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 16:30 on Wednesday 27 March 2002. The 50-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Space Star was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 2002
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Space Star and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51469, longitude -2.57267, in the BS34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Filton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Filton, South Gloucestershire, BS34 7QF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002520085570
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Space Star

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,834 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Space Star)

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 2002520085570 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 2002.