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A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 19 October 2017 at 13:20 involving an Audi Q3

A car and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 13:20 on Thursday 19 October 2017. The 35-year-old female driver of the Audi Q3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 2017
Thursday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Audi Q3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57458, longitude -2.54398, in the BS35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017521800207
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
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Q3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q3)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017521800207 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.