M4 crash in South Gloucestershire on 6 July 2003 at 19:23 involving a Citroen AX
A Citroen AX and a car were involved in a crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire at 19:23 on Sunday 6 July 2003. The 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2003
- Sunday, 19:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen AX and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54189, longitude -2.54402, in the BS32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bradley Stoke North, South Gloucestershire, BS32 0EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003520088145
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2016.
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Scania crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 19 September 2016
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Vehicle crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 10 February 1986
22 m awayRef 198652DF00312
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Van crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 6 December 1985
22 m awayRef 198552DF02249
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 26 September 2025
24 m awayRef 2025522600258
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Ford Mondeo crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 13 June 2008
30 m awayRef 2008520806791
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Austin Metro crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 8 July 1993
30 m awayRef 19935293E2398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)
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 2003520088145 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 2003.