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B4056 crash in Bristol on 6 January 2012 at 21:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa, a Chevrolet Matiz and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the B4056 in Bristol at 21:25 on Friday 6 January 2012. The 75-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 2012
Friday, 21:25
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50237, longitude -2.58966, in the BS10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southmead, Bristol, BS10 5JR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012521200185
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4056
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no 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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2012521200185 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 2012.