A431 crash in Bristol on 5 December 2024 at 17:15 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on the A431 in Bristol at 17:15 on Thursday 5 December 2024. The 42-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Thursday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Mokka
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45983, longitude -2.53715, in the BS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the St George Central, Bristol, BS5 7HD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024522500326
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A431 in Bristol, 22 February 1986
5 m awayRef 198652CG00325
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A431 in Bristol, 25 May 1982
5 m awayRef 198252CGE0959
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A431 in Bristol, 16 October 1996
5 m awayRef 19965296F4584
Slight
Car crash on the A431 in Bristol, 27 December 1982
5 m awayRef 198252CGE2548
Serious
Car crash on the A431 in Bristol, 12 January 1990
5 m awayRef 199052CG00098
Slight
Car crash on the A431 in Bristol, 23 June 1982
5 m awayRef 198252CGE1169
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 42, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024522500326 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 2024.