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A38 crash in Bristol on 20 December 2019 at 12:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in Bristol at 12:15 on Friday 20 December 2019. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2019
Friday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45953, longitude -2.59138, in the BS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Bristol, BS1 2BQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019521907571
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4051

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019521907571 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 2019.