M32 crash in South Gloucestershire on 26 January 2017 at 15:10 involving a BMW 7 Series
A BMW 7 Series and a taxi were involved in a crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire at 15:10 on Thursday 26 January 2017. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2017
- Thursday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 7 Series and taxi
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5061, longitude -2.52632, in the BS16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire, BS16 1RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521700841
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 32
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4174
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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2004.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 9 August 2004
8 m awayRef 2004520102059
Slight
Renault 9 crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 11 April 1997
17 m awayRef 1997520032802
Slight
Volvo crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 8 August 2006
37 m awayRef 2006520096733
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 26 November 2025
37 m awayRef 2025522600575
Slight
Suzuki crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 19 October 1994
37 m awayRef 19945294E4095
Fatal
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the M32 in South Gloucestershire, 22 August 2024
38 m awayRef 2024522402517
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,793 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 7 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 7 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 68, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017521700841 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 2017.