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Serious A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 8 May 2019 at 08:01 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle

A Honda CBF125M motorcycle, a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 08:01 on Wednesday 8 May 2019. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 2019
Wednesday, 08:01
Vehicles
3
Honda CBF125M and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55754, longitude -2.56308, in the BS32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Almondsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Severn Vale, South Gloucestershire, BS32 4EZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019521904757
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North 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
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)

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 2019521904757 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.