A4018 crash in Bristol on 22 December 2014 at 01:10 involving a Fiat Scudo taxi
A bicycle and a Fiat Scudo taxi were involved in a crash on the A4018 in Bristol at 01:10 on Monday 22 December 2014. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2014
- Monday, 01:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Fiat Scudo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45343, longitude -2.60145, in the BS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hotwells and Harbourside, Bristol, BS8 1JA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014521500283
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2025.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 15 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025522600311
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 31 December 2014
4 m awayRef 2014521409323
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 29 July 1995
5 m awayRef 19955295A1948
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 17 November 1983
5 m awayRef 198352ACE1715
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 14 July 1986
7 m awayRef 198652AC00956
Slight
Bus crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 29 April 1982
8 m awayRef 198252ACE0631
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Scudo
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 22, on vehicle 1 (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 2014521500283 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.