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Serious B4053 crash in Bristol on 5 January 2012 at 06:37 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4053 in Bristol at 06:37 on Thursday 5 January 2012. The 26-year-old female cyclist was seriously 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
Serious
Date
5 Jan 2012
Thursday, 06:37
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45265, longitude -2.58916, in the BS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Bristol, BS1 2BQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012521200729
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4053
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2012521200729 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.