A403 crash in Bristol on 2 April 2012 at 13:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A403 in Bristol at 13:15 on Monday 2 April 2012. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2012
- Monday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5061, longitude -2.69691, in the BS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Avonmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 9DJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012521202187
- 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
- 40 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2000.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A403 in Bristol, 16 May 2000
At the same spotRef 2000520059625
Slight
Honda ANF125 crash on the A403 in Bristol, 20 April 2007
At the same spotRef 2007520005673
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A403 in Bristol, 25 June 2003
At the same spotRef 2003520084352
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A403 in Bristol, 14 April 2011
At the same spotRef 2011521103639
Slight
Car crash on the A403 in Bristol, 18 March 2009
At the same spotRef 2009520902635
Slight
Iveco crash on the A403 in Bristol, 1 May 2003
At the same spotRef 2003520059161
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2012521202187 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.