A38 crash in South Gloucestershire on 23 August 2025 at 22:40 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire at 22:40 on Saturday 23 August 2025. The 60-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 22:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52333, longitude -2.57106, in the BS34 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton & Cribbs, South Gloucestershire, BS34 5BQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025522502158
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4057
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 2025.
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 25 August 2025
5 m awayRef 2025522501493
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 15 August 2000
9 m awayRef 2000520102369
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 6 December 1996
9 m awayRef 19965296E6554
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B4057 in South Gloucestershire, 27 March 2002
9 m awayRef 2002520043494
Serious
Honda S2000 crash on the B4057 in South Gloucestershire, 14 June 2012
9 m awayRef 2012521203487
Serious
Van crash on the A38 in South Gloucestershire, 18 March 1982
9 m awayRef 198252DFI0460
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2025522502158 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 2025.