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A38 crash in Bristol on 24 December 2016 at 11:12 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the A38 in Bristol at 11:12 on Saturday 24 December 2016. An 86-year-old female pedestrian and an 86-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2016
Saturday, 11:12
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47315, longitude -2.59111, in the BS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cotham, Bristol, BS6 5RH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016521609741
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
24%
Estimated chance it was slight
76%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 86, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 86, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2016521609741 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.