A432 crash in South Gloucestershire on 17 October 2025 at 23:55 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire at 23:55 on Friday 17 October 2025. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2025
- Friday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54081, longitude -2.43056, 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
- 2025522600329
- 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
- 432
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2019.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 4 December 2019
4 m awayRef 2019521907272
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 23 May 2009
5 m awayRef 2009520904743
Serious
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 4 September 1981
7 m awayRef 198152DCH1341
Slight
Van crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 13 August 1979
7 m awayRef 197952ESC1187
Serious
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 1 April 2008
7 m awayRef 2008520804456
Slight
Car crash on the A432 in South Gloucestershire, 12 May 1980
7 m awayRef 198052DCH0762
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025522600329 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.