A4174 crash in South Gloucestershire on 1 October 2010 at 19:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A4174 in South Gloucestershire at 19:05 on Friday 1 October 2010. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2010
- Friday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45039, longitude -2.49573, in the BS30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010521007868
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4174
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2011.
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A4174 in South Gloucestershire, 2 February 2011
32 m awayRef 2011521100813
Slight
Smart Forfour crash on the A4174 in South Gloucestershire, 26 November 2025
151 m awayRef 2025522600604
Fatal
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on the A4174 in South Gloucestershire, 8 April 2006
177 m awayRef 2006520043036
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A431 in Bath and North East Somerset, 25 October 1999
180 m awayRef 1999520130214
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 5 December 1999
191 m awayRef 1999520151751
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A431 in Bath and North East Somerset, 8 November 1999
206 m awayRef 1999520139211
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2010521007868 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 2010.