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M49 crash in Bristol on 23 October 2004 at 11:45 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the M49 in Bristol at 11:45 on Saturday 23 October 2004. The 52-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 2004
Saturday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Volkswagen Beetle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49841, longitude -2.69002, in the BS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Avonmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 9DJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004520140724
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
49
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

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 2004520140724 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 2004.