A4018 crash in Bristol on 12 December 2018 at 13:17 involving a bicycle
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2018
- Wednesday, 13:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47014, longitude -2.6148, in the BS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton Down, Bristol, BS8 2QX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521808381
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4018
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 October 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 26 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025522600327
Serious
Ford S-Max crash on the A4108 in Bristol, 8 May 2016
5 m awayRef 2016521603808
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 27 April 2004
5 m awayRef 2004520053490
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 22 February 1984
5 m awayRef 198452CRE0392
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 2 November 2000
5 m awayRef 2000520139378
Slight
Car crash on the A4018 in Bristol, 4 July 1987
8 m awayRef 198752CR01259
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 24, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018521808381 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bristol road accident statistics for 2018.