M4 crash in South Gloucestershire on 14 November 2025 at 21:48 involving a Renault Captur
A Renault Captur and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire at 21:48 on Friday 14 November 2025. The 21-year-old female driver of the Renault Captur and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Renault Captur were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2025
- Friday, 21:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Captur and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49992, longitude -2.36742, in the BS37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025522600688
- Council area
- South Gloucestershire
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 slight injury crash on 30 January 2016.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 30 January 2016
5 m awayRef 2016521600708
Slight
Scania crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 25 October 2011
8 m awayRef 2011521107063
Serious
Rover 25 crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 17 May 2000
21 m awayRef 2000520066524
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 31 October 1998
28 m awayRef 1998520129488
Slight
Mercedes SL Class crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 5 July 2000
33 m awayRef 2000520082414
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M4 in South Gloucestershire, 10 March 2018
37 m awayRef 2018521802876
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Captur
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 12,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Captur)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Captur)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 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 2025522600688 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.