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A38 crash in Bristol on 28 October 2025 at 22:44 involving a BMW 4 Series

A BMW 4 Series and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the A38 in Bristol at 22:44 on Tuesday 28 October 2025. The 25-year-old male driver of the BMW 4 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2025
Tuesday, 22:44
Vehicles
2
BMW 4 Series and Fiat Panda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45916, longitude -2.59132, in the BS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Bristol, BS1 2BQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025522600313
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
38

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
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 4 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 4 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most 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 2025522600313 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.