A4174 crash in Bristol on 3 October 2020 at 01:55 involving a Dacia Sandero
A Dacia Sandero and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4174 in Bristol at 01:55 on Saturday 3 October 2020. The 49-year-old male driver of the Dacia Sandero was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2020
- Saturday, 01:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Sandero and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41111, longitude -2.6195, in the BS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hartcliffe and Withywood, Bristol, BS13 9AG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020522100870
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4174
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2025.
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A4174 in Bristol, 3 May 2025
At the same spotRef 2025522501373
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 20 June 1997
2 m awayRef 1997520053191
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 28 November 1979
2 m awayRef 197952BIS1520
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 20 March 1987
2 m awayRef 198752BI00389
Slight
Renault 19 crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 15 October 1997
2 m awayRef 1997520088961
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 4 June 1996
2 m awayRef 19965296C2428
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Sandero)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020522100870 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.