A431 crash in Bristol on 2 December 2021 at 20:12 involving a Vauxhall Adam
A Vauxhall Adam and a Lexmoto Echo motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A431 in Bristol at 20:12 on Thursday 2 December 2021. The 21-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto Echo motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2021
- Thursday, 20:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Adam and Lexmoto Echo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45427, longitude -2.52589, in the BS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hanham, South Gloucestershire, BS15 3FS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021522201345
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 431
- 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
- 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
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A431 in Bristol, 8 July 2022
2 m awayRef 20225222BR507
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A431 in Bristol, 9 December 1980
4 m awayRef 198052CGE2352
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 19 February 1987
4 m awayRef 198752CG00250
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 10 September 1993
6 m awayRef 19935293F6374
Slight
Renault 25 crash on the A431 in Bristol, 9 April 1994
6 m awayRef 19945294F5673
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 22 January 2005
10 m awayRef 2005520010642
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Adam
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto Echo
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto Echo)
- 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 2021522201345 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.