A4 crash in Bristol on 5 October 2002 at 06:00 involving a Honda Shuttle
A Honda Shuttle and a Yamaha YQ 100 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bristol at 06:00 on Saturday 5 October 2002. The 28-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YQ 100 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2002
- Saturday, 06:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Shuttle and Yamaha YQ 100
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50322, longitude -2.69787, 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
- 2002520130826
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 May 1989.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A403 in Bristol, 24 May 1989
10 m awayRef 198952CS00877
Serious
Car crash on the A403 in Bristol, 22 October 1983
10 m awayRef 198352CSA1985
Serious
Car crash on the A403 in Bristol, 21 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198852CS01748
Slight
Car crash on the A403 in Bristol, 12 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198452CSA0107
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A403 in Bristol, 10 October 1994
10 m awayRef 19945294E6628
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A403 in Bristol, 17 January 1986
10 m awayRef 198652CS00139
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Shuttle
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YQ 100
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 98 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YQ 100)
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 2002520130826 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 2002.