A4174 crash in Bristol on 8 November 2014 at 17:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A4174 in Bristol at 17:00 on Saturday 8 November 2014. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2014
- Saturday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4316, longitude -2.54611, in the BS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brislington West, Bristol, BS4 5BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014521408213
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4174
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2008.
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A4174 in Bristol, 5 January 2008
6 m awayRef 2008520801298
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4174 in Bristol, 9 July 2013
6 m awayRef 2013521304307
Serious
Volvo V40 crash on the B3119 in Bristol, 16 March 2004
6 m awayRef 2004520035475
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the B3119 in Bristol, 9 November 2016
10 m awayRef 2016521608210
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the B3119 in Bristol, 3 November 2021
12 m awayRef 2021522201067
Slight
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the A4174 in Bristol, 2 December 2014
14 m awayRef 2014521409264
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2014521408213 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 2014.