A403 crash in Bristol on 24 January 2012 at 13:26 involving a van
Two vans were involved in a crash on the A403 in Bristol at 13:26 on Tuesday 24 January 2012. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 53-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jan 2012
- Tuesday, 13:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53313, longitude -2.67166, in the BS11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012521200709
- 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
- 50 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1987.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A403 in Bristol, 14 April 1987
At the same spotRef 198752CS00614
Slight
Car crash on the A403 in Bristol, 9 January 1981
At the same spotRef 198152CSM0039
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A403 in Bristol, 19 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002520096024
Slight
Piaggio NRG crash on the A403 in Bristol, 19 September 2004
At the same spotRef 2004520122556
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A403 in Bristol, 25 July 1982
At the same spotRef 198252CSM1432
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A403 in Bristol, 26 January 2014
3 m awayRef 2014521402347
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 2012521200709 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.