A46 crash in South Gloucestershire on 6 February 2007 at 08:56 involving a Honda Civic
Four vehicles, including a Honda Civic and a Toyota Yaris, were involved in a crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire at 08:56 on Tuesday 6 February 2007. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2007
- Tuesday, 08:56
- Vehicles
- 4
- Honda Civic and 3 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47001, longitude -2.36594, in the SN14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boyd Valley, South Gloucestershire, SN14 8LF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007520021491
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 33%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 67%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 2018.
Serious
Volvo XC60 crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire, 24 June 2018
5 m awayRef 2018521806704
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire, 13 April 2013
19 m awayRef 2013521302492
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 4 August 1981
22 m awayRef 198152DCH1234
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire, 8 March 2000
22 m awayRef 2000520030406
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire, 24 November 1995
36 m awayRef 19955295F4462
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the A46 in South Gloucestershire, 11 June 1994
36 m awayRef 19945294F2417
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: LDV Maxus
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 6: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 4 (LDV Maxus)
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 2007520021491 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 2007.