B3120 crash in Bristol on 3 February 2012 at 09:10 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the B3120 in Bristol at 09:10 on Friday 3 February 2012. The 38-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2012
- Friday, 09:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44072, longitude -2.60095, in the BS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 3PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012521200920
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 3 November 2014
9 m awayRef 2014521408032
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 24 August 2002
10 m awayRef 2002520111350
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 25 December 1982
10 m awayRef 198252BIS1859
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Bristol, 12 November 2006
10 m awayRef 2006520136646
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3120 in Bristol, 24 November 1988
10 m awayRef 198852BI01733
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A38 in Bristol, 7 July 1979
10 m awayRef 197952BIS0842
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
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 2012521200920 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.