Serious A4108 crash in Bristol on 8 May 2016 at 00:01 involving a Ford S-Max
A Ford S-Max hit a pedestrian on the A4108 in Bristol at 00:01 on Sunday 8 May 2016. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 May 2016
- Sunday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47005, longitude -2.61478, in the BS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton Down, Bristol, BS8 2QX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016521603808
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4108
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 4 July 1987
4 m awayRef 198752CR01259
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 12 December 2018
5 m awayRef 2018521808381
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 27 April 2004
6 m awayRef 2004520053490
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 22 February 1984
6 m awayRef 198452CRE0392
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 2 November 2000
6 m awayRef 2000520139378
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 26 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025522600327
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford S-Max
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2016521603808 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.