A403 crash in South Gloucestershire on 19 December 2020 at 21:40 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Seat Arosa were involved in a crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire at 21:40 on Saturday 19 December 2020. The 34-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 and the 44-year-old male driver of the Seat Arosa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2020
- Saturday, 21:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Seat Arosa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56957, longitude -2.64178, in the BS35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020522100162
- 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
- 403
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 May 1982.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 16 May 1982
18 m awayRef 198252DFI0779
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 6 February 2002
70 m awayRef 2002520019208
Slight
Leyland crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 18 November 1993
92 m awayRef 19935293E4274
Slight
Suzuki Baleno crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 16 December 2008
96 m awayRef 2008520900148
Slight
Citroen CX crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 29 August 1993
111 m awayRef 19935293E3117
Serious
Van crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 20 August 1979
114 m awayRef 197952EFI1239
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Arosa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Arosa)
- 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 2020522100162 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 2020.