A4176 crash in Bristol on 1 September 2009 at 14:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the A4176 in Bristol at 14:35 on Tuesday 1 September 2009. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 51-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2009
- Tuesday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Citroen Xantia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45721, longitude -2.62938, in the BS8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009520909217
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4176
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2017.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A4 in Bristol, 17 November 2017
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Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4 in Bristol, 23 April 2021
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Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4176 in Bristol, 6 February 1997
10 m awayRef 1997520012561
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4 in Bristol, 4 June 1997
10 m awayRef 1997520048401
Serious
Bedford crash on the A4 in Bristol, 3 October 1991
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Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4 in Bristol, 3 October 2012
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)
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 2009520909217 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 2009.