Unclassified road crash in Bristol BS4 on 21 December 2018 at 18:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bristol at 18:30 on Friday 21 December 2018. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2018
- Friday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45467, longitude -2.54215, in the BS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the St George Troopers Hill, Bristol, BS5 8DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521808559
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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, lighting unknown
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 49 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 April 2005.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 12 April 2005
49 m awayRef 2005520047236
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 15 November 1980
117 m awayRef 198052CGE2188
Fatal
Yamaha MT crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 6 October 2023
119 m awayRef 2023522301340
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 18 July 1985
124 m awayRef 198552CG01206
Fatal
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 31 May 1979
127 m awayRef 197952DSG0526
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 13 September 2001
129 m awayRef 2001520125831
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 30, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2018521808559 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.