Serious A370 crash in Bristol on 23 June 2017 at 23:55 involving a Jaguar X Type
A Jaguar X Type and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A370 in Bristol at 23:55 on Friday 23 June 2017. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jun 2017
- Friday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar X Type and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44489, longitude -2.58693, in the BS3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southville, Bristol, BS3 4QA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521704355
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 370
- 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
- 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 18 May 2010.
Slight
Car crash on the A370 in Bristol, 18 May 2010
4 m awayRef 2010521004504
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A370 in Bristol, 26 March 2010
4 m awayRef 2010521002714
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A370 in Bristol, 11 June 1985
4 m awayRef 198552BI00771
Slight
Car crash on the A370 in Bristol, 24 June 1984
4 m awayRef 198452BRO0894
Slight
Daewoo Nubira crash on the A370 in Bristol, 31 March 2008
4 m awayRef 2008520804371
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A370 in Bristol, 15 October 2014
5 m awayRef 2014521407628
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,099 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar X Type)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar X Type)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017521704355 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 2017.