A420 crash in Bristol on 8 January 2016 at 09:20 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle
A car and a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A420 in Bristol at 09:20 on Friday 8 January 2016. The 28-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jan 2016
- Friday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Yamaha Ybr 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46242, longitude -2.51995, in the BS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds. It is one of the crashes that make up the St George Central, Bristol, BS15 1JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016521600472
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 420
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 February 2023.
Slight
Renault Arkana crash on the A420 in Bristol, 20 February 2023
3 m awayRef 2023522300469
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the A420 in Bristol, 2 December 2021
3 m awayRef 2021522201346
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A420 in Bristol, 24 April 2019
5 m awayRef 2019521902807
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 31 July 2015
6 m awayRef 2015521505736
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A420 in Bristol, 3 March 2021
7 m awayRef 2021522101062
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A420 in Bristol, 8 December 1986
7 m awayRef 198652CG02315
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016521600472 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 2016.