M4 crash in South Gloucestershire on 15 May 2017 at 09:11 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire at 09:11 on Monday 15 May 2017. The 57-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai, a 25-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2017
- Monday, 09:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55815, longitude -2.55765, in the BS32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Severn Vale, South Gloucestershire, BS32 4EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521704809
- 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
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2000.
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the M5 in South Gloucestershire, 11 March 2000
7 m awayRef 2000520031330
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 28 July 1995
13 m awayRef 19955295E2732
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 2 October 2002
25 m awayRef 2002520131148
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 4 September 2012
25 m awayRef 2012521206012
Fatal
Car crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 19 January 1989
25 m awayRef 198952DF00077
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 20 July 1989
28 m awayRef 198952DC01167
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2017521704809 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.