A370 crash in Bristol on 16 December 2015 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A370 in Bristol at 18:15 on Wednesday 16 December 2015. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44553, longitude -2.59504, in the BS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southville, Bristol, BS3 4QA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015521600635
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 370
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- Dry
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1993.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A3700 in Bristol, 4 August 1993
14 m awayRef 19935293C0982
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the A370 in Bristol, 30 March 2024
17 m awayRef 2024522401724
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A370 in Bristol, 23 December 2008
23 m awayRef 2008520813152
Slight
E-scooter crash on the A370 in Bristol, 25 July 2023
33 m awayRef 2023522324196
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A370 in Bristol, 2 December 1992
33 m awayRef 19925292C3633
Slight
Car crash on the A370 in Bristol, 17 February 1988
34 m awayRef 198852BI00323
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2015521600635 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 2015.