M4 crash in South Gloucestershire on 24 November 2018 at 07:58 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a car were involved in a crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire at 07:58 on Saturday 24 November 2018. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2018
- Saturday, 07:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5501, longitude -2.55845, in the BS32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradley Stoke. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bradley Stoke North, South Gloucestershire, BS32 4QA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521807897
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Slip road
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 5
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2024.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M5 in South Gloucestershire, 23 September 2024
5 m awayRef 2024522402699
Serious
Bedford Astra crash on the M5 in South Gloucestershire, 3 March 1991
6 m awayRef 19915291N5544
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the M5 in South Gloucestershire, 27 April 2000
8 m awayRef 2000520052761
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M5 in South Gloucestershire, 28 August 2012
17 m awayRef 2012521205908
Fatal
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 29 October 2019
18 m awayRef 2019521906673
Slight
Lorry crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 8 July 1981
30 m awayRef 198152DFI1009
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- 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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018521807897 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 2018.