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Serious A4174 crash in South Gloucestershire on 2 January 2021 at 05:10 involving a BMW 6 Series

A BMW 6 Series crashed on the A4174 in South Gloucestershire at 05:10 on Saturday 2 January 2021. The 56-year-old male driver and a 32-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jan 2021
Saturday, 05:10
Vehicles
1
BMW 6 Series
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50591, longitude -2.5399, in the BS34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frenchay & Downend, South Gloucestershire, BS16 1QX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021522100227
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
4174
Road type
Single 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 6 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    4,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 6 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 6 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2021522100227 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 2021.