B4048 crash in Bristol on 25 January 2020 at 10:20 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus, a Honda Civic and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B4048 in Bristol at 10:20 on Saturday 25 January 2020. The 82-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic, the 41-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 and a 79-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2020
- Saturday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47105, longitude -2.52149, in the BS16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hillfields, Bristol, BS16 4JT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020522000815
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4048
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 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
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2019.
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B4048 in Bristol, 17 September 2019
6 m awayRef 2019521905536
Slight
Car crash on the B4048 in Bristol, 21 January 1985
7 m awayRef 198552CG00110
Serious
Car crash on the B4048 in Bristol, 23 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025522600619
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4048 in Bristol, 14 February 2009
25 m awayRef 2009520901817
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4048 in Bristol, 20 June 2024
26 m awayRef 2024522402315
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4048 in Bristol, 8 May 1997
29 m awayRef 1997520040801
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020522000815 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 2020.