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Serious A403 crash in South Gloucestershire on 29 January 2017 at 20:35 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A403 in South Gloucestershire at 20:35 on Sunday 29 January 2017. A 16-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jan 2017
Sunday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57679, longitude -2.6407, in the BS35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017521701121
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
403
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
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, 29 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 January 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017521701121 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.