A420 crash in Bristol on 2 December 2021 at 17:34 involving a Jaguar X Type
A bicycle and a Jaguar X Type were involved in a crash on the A420 in Bristol at 17:34 on Thursday 2 December 2021. The 22-year-old male cyclist 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 T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2021
- Thursday, 17:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Jaguar X Type
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46244, longitude -2.51991, in the BS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds. It is one of the crashes that make up the St George Central, Bristol, BS15 1JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021522201346
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 420
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 July 2015.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Bristol, 31 July 2015
3 m awayRef 2015521505736
Slight
Renault Arkana crash on the A420 in Bristol, 20 February 2023
3 m awayRef 2023522300469
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A420 in Bristol, 8 January 2016
3 m awayRef 2016521600472
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A420 in Bristol, 3 March 2021
4 m awayRef 2021522101062
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A420 in Bristol, 24 April 2019
4 m awayRef 2019521902807
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A420 in Bristol, 8 December 2017
5 m awayRef 2017521800905
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,099 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 22, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2021522201346 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.