M4 crash in South Gloucestershire on 6 April 2019 at 13:00 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire at 13:00 on Saturday 6 April 2019. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Apr 2019
- Saturday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Toyota Aygo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49794, longitude -2.4124, in the BS16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019521902496
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2015.
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 3 July 2015
17 m awayRef 2015521505258
Serious
Renault Master crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 30 November 2025
20 m awayRef 2025522501890
Serious
Honda CR-V crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 5 July 2025
45 m awayRef 2025522600049
Serious
Car crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 31 May 1988
57 m awayRef 198852DF00928
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 3 October 2004
69 m awayRef 2004520134139
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 24 November 2002
71 m awayRef 2002520159841
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019521902496 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 2019.