A431 crash in Bristol on 28 December 2018 at 15:15 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A London Taxis Int. TX4 and a Honda CBR125R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A431 in Bristol at 15:15 on Friday 28 December 2018. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2018
- Friday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX4 and Honda CBR125R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46035, longitude -2.53969, in the BS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the St George Central, Bristol, BS5 7HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521902653
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 431
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2021.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A431 in Bristol, 11 September 2021
2 m awayRef 2021522104474
Slight
Car crash on the A431 in Bristol, 12 June 1981
5 m awayRef 198152CGE1103
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A431 in Bristol, 26 September 1991
5 m awayRef 19915291C1531
Slight
Talbot Horizon crash on the A431 in Bristol, 13 June 1992
5 m awayRef 19925292F1072
Slight
Taxi crash on the A431 in Bristol, 10 September 1988
5 m awayRef 198852CG01454
Serious
Car crash on the A431 in Bristol, 15 December 1980
5 m awayRef 198052CGE2404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,776 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR125R)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018521902653 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.