Unclassified road crash in Bristol BS7 on 23 August 2003 at 23:18 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra crashed on an unclassified road in Bristol at 23:18 on Saturday 23 August 2003. All four casualties were 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
- 23 Aug 2003
- Saturday, 23:18
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49501, longitude -2.56896, in the BS7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lockleaze, Bristol, BS7 9YW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003520111155
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 21 May 2000
22 m awayRef 2000520060917
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 24 February 1993
54 m awayRef 19935293E5302
Serious
Yamaha MT125 crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 2 January 2020
58 m awayRef 2020522000411
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 22 June 2005
60 m awayRef 2005520082210
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 9 September 2003
61 m awayRef 2003520117722
Slight
Renault 12 crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 9 August 1995
63 m awayRef 19955295F2133
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2003520111155 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.