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Unclassified road crash in Bristol BS4 on 31 August 2003 at 13:30 involving a Rover 600 Series

A Rover 600 Series and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bristol at 13:30 on Sunday 31 August 2003. A 27-year-old female passenger in the Rover 600 Series, the 27-year-old male driver of the Rover 600 Series and the 83-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2003
Sunday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Rover 600 Series and Rover Metro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41933, longitude -2.59909, in the BS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Filwood, Bristol, BS4 1TN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003520113182
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 600 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 2003520113182 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.