A4320 crash in Bristol on 8 May 2021 at 08:55 involving a Toyota Prius
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2021
- Saturday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4426, longitude -2.56112, in the BS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2HZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021522102434
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4320
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2011.
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 5 May 2011
14 m awayRef 2011521102942
Slight
Triumph Daytona crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 27 July 2025
20 m awayRef 2025522501816
Slight
Skoda Yeti crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 26 September 2020
23 m awayRef 2020522100848
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 15 August 2004
23 m awayRef 2004520103187
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 18 August 2006
28 m awayRef 2006520100897
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4320 in Bristol, 26 September 2019
30 m awayRef 2019521905849
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021522102434 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 2021.