B4059 crash in South Gloucestershire on 21 January 2023 at 15:16 involving a Vauxhall Grandland
A Vauxhall Grandland and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire at 15:16 on Saturday 21 January 2023. The male driver of the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2023
- Saturday, 15:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Grandland and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5491, longitude -2.43508, in the BS37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire, BS37 7PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023522300513
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4059
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 2025.
Serious
Yamaha MT crash on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire, 14 December 2025
3 m awayRef 2025522600773
Slight
Car crash on the B4060 in South Gloucestershire, 29 April 1986
4 m awayRef 198652DC00784
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire, 16 June 1992
4 m awayRef 19925292E0952
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire, 20 July 1995
6 m awayRef 19955295E2582
Slight
Opel Kadett crash on the B4058 in South Gloucestershire, 28 April 1993
6 m awayRef 19935293E1418
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B4059 in South Gloucestershire, 28 April 1994
6 m awayRef 19945294E1600
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Grandland
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
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 2023522300513 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 2023.