Serious A403 crash in Bristol on 12 November 2008 at 11:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra, a motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A403 in Bristol at 11:30 on Wednesday 12 November 2008. The 57-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Nov 2008
- Wednesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Vectra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52388, longitude -2.68536, in the BS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Avonmouth.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008520812932
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 403
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2005.
Slight
Car crash on the A403 in Bristol, 3 April 2005
32 m awayRef 2005520044547
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A403 in Bristol, 29 April 2014
37 m awayRef 2014521402759
Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A403 in Bristol, 17 June 2016
38 m awayRef 2016521604546
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A403 in Bristol, 17 June 2024
46 m awayRef 2024522402301
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 85CF crash on the A403 in Bristol, 10 November 2000
54 m awayRef 2000520142832
Slight
Car crash on the A403 in Bristol, 11 July 1999
54 m awayRef 1999520083534
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2008520812932 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 2008.