Serious A431 crash in South Gloucestershire on 16 January 2017 at 16:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A431 in South Gloucestershire at 16:30 on Monday 16 January 2017. A 43-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jan 2017
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44814, longitude -2.51364, 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 Hanham, South Gloucestershire, BS15 3FS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521701175
- 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
- 431
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 26 April 2024
2 m awayRef 2024522402761
Slight
Car crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 4 March 2014
3 m awayRef 2014521402970
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 15 September 1980
4 m awayRef 198052DSK1544
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 2 February 2012
4 m awayRef 2012521200812
Serious
Lorry crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 8 February 1989
4 m awayRef 198952DK00202
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A431 in South Gloucestershire, 25 May 2021
5 m awayRef 2021522103905
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- 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 2017521701175 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.