A403 crash in South Gloucestershire on 12 November 2021 at 07:10 involving a Renault Trucks lorry
A Renault Trucks lorry and a Suzuki Grand Vitara were involved in a crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire at 07:10 on Friday 12 November 2021. The 62-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Grand Vitara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 2021
- Friday, 07:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Trucks and Suzuki Grand Vitara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56677, longitude -2.64467, in the BS35 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pilning & Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, BS35 4LU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021522201190
- 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
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2000.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 7 November 2000
30 m awayRef 2000520141348
Serious
Renault Scenic crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 22 September 2025
50 m awayRef 2025522501672
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 8 November 2006
62 m awayRef 2006520135551
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A403 in South Gloucestershire, 16 April 2019
184 m awayRef 2019521905485
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 26 November 1988
187 m awayRef 198852DF02172
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B403 in South Gloucestershire, 15 August 1991
190 m awayRef 19915291N7204
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Grand Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Grand Vitara)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2021522201190 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.