Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious unclassified road crash in Bristol BS9 on 24 May 2025 at 23:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bristol at 23:20 on Saturday 24 May 2025. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 2025
Saturday, 23:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46921, longitude -2.62751, in the BS9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke Bishop, Bristol, BS9 1NE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025522501471
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Over 100 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 2025522501471 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 2025.