A432 crash in South Gloucestershire on 17 December 2002 at 21:15 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire at 21:15 on Tuesday 17 December 2002. The 17-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52621, longitude -2.46902, in the BS36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire, BS36 2LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002520173690
- 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
- 432
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2018.
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 23 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018521900981
Slight
Yamaha MT crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 31 August 2025
6 m awayRef 2025522600068
Slight
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 7 April 1990
14 m awayRef 19905290D2876
Slight
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 23 February 1987
14 m awayRef 198752DC00362
Serious
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 23 July 1985
14 m awayRef 198552DC01269
Serious
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 17 May 1991
14 m awayRef 19915291N6252
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 2002520173690 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.