A432 crash in South Gloucestershire on 22 December 2017 at 22:50 involving a Hyundai Getz
A Hyundai Getz and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire at 22:50 on Friday 22 December 2017. The 22-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Getz was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2017
- Friday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Getz and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50195, longitude -2.49085, in the BS16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire, BS16 7BP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521801130
- 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
- 432
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 August 2000.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 14 August 2000
5 m awayRef 2000520099872
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 1 August 2020
9 m awayRef 2020522003063
Slight
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 20 May 1990
9 m awayRef 19905290D3110
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 13 February 2018
11 m awayRef 2018521802439
Slight
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 9 March 1980
22 m awayRef 198052DST0398
Slight
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 28 October 1982
31 m awayRef 198252DST1855
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017521801130 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.