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Unclassified road crash in Bristol BS5 on 1 October 2020 at 08:00 involving a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bristol at 08:00 on Thursday 1 October 2020. The 34-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Oct 2020
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX1000 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46222, longitude -2.54214, in the BS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the St George Central, Bristol, BS5 7HD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020522100866
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
28%
Estimated chance it was slight
72%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2020522100866 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.