A4320 crash in Bristol on 11 April 2012 at 15:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4320 in Bristol at 15:00 on Wednesday 11 April 2012. The 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 2012
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46317, longitude -2.57101, in the BS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 0UU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012521203496
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4320
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 432
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 28 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198852AT01799
Slight
Honda crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 26 April 1993
At the same spotRef 19935293B0451
Slight
Dennis crash on the A432 in Bristol, 14 July 2005
At the same spotRef 2005520090867
Slight
Car crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 16 September 1982
At the same spotRef 198252ATR1327
Slight
Car crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 14 January 2009
At the same spotRef 2009520900732
Slight
Car crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 9 November 1986
At the same spotRef 198652AT01609
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2012521203496 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.