M4 crash in South Gloucestershire on 31 August 2017 at 17:26 involving a Mitsubishi Outlander
A Mitsubishi Outlander, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire at 17:26 on Thursday 31 August 2017. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was 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
- 31 Aug 2017
- Thursday, 17:26
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi Outlander and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52256, longitude -2.52532, in the BS34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradley Stoke. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bradley Stoke South, South Gloucestershire, BS32 0HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521707706
- 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
- Urban
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2011.
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 30 November 2011
11 m awayRef 2011521108148
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 3 December 2018
11 m awayRef 2018521902437
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 25 September 2008
11 m awayRef 2008520810343
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 24 June 2012
11 m awayRef 2012521204242
Slight
Seat Cordoba crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 21 October 2009
11 m awayRef 2009520909798
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 11 July 2008
11 m awayRef 2008520808259
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Outlander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017521707706 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.