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Serious unclassified road crash in Bristol BS14 on 30 April 2003 at 01:15 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on an unclassified road in Bristol at 01:15 on Wednesday 30 April 2003. The 31-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 2003
Wednesday, 01:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42117, longitude -2.55467, in the BS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stockwood, Bristol, BS14 9EP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003520057584
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 2003520057584 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 2003.