A38 crash in Bristol on 4 July 2017 at 18:30 involving a Toyota Corolla
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2017
- Tuesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49475, longitude -2.58203, in the BS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horfield, Bristol, BS7 0HA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521704502
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2025.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A38 in Bristol, 19 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025522600842
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A38 in Bristol, 15 December 1985
3 m awayRef 198552CS02300
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A38 in Bristol, 15 January 2005
3 m awayRef 2005520007561
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the A38 in Bristol, 2 April 1996
3 m awayRef 19965296D1594
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A38 in Bristol, 3 May 2013
7 m awayRef 2013521302808
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A38 in Bristol, 3 October 1985
7 m awayRef 198552CS01674
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 27, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017521704502 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.