Serious unclassified road crash in South Gloucestershire BS35 on 15 November 2002 at 08:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Daewoo Matiz and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire at 08:30 on Friday 15 November 2002. A 46-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Daewoo Matiz was seriously injured and the 52-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 47-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Daewoo Matiz were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Nov 2002
- Friday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60355, longitude -2.50722, in the BS35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thornbury.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002520157716
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2008.
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 22 January 2008
14 m awayRef 2008520802161
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 7 February 2008
14 m awayRef 2008520802576
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 26 October 1979
22 m awayRef 197952EFT1616
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 15 October 1979
36 m awayRef 197952EFI1547
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 5 August 2002
57 m awayRef 2002520105511
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 8 March 2025
68 m awayRef 2025522500898
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Daewoo Matiz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 47, hit by vehicle 2 (Daewoo Matiz)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 2 (Daewoo Matiz)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 2002520157716 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.