A4044 crash in Bristol on 13 October 2025 at 20:40 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A4044 in Bristol at 20:40 on Monday 13 October 2025. The 56-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus, the 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 36-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Monday, 20:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45973, longitude -2.58407, in the BS2 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
- 2025522601052
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4044
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Unclassified
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4032 in Bristol, 22 December 2016
1 m awayRef 2016521609676
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the A4044 in Bristol, 29 July 2008
2 m awayRef 2008520808365
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the A4032 in Bristol, 29 September 2020
6 m awayRef 2020522003990
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4044 in Bristol, 15 July 2021
7 m awayRef 2021522103427
Slight
Car crash on the A4032 in Bristol, 22 July 2018
8 m awayRef 2018521805197
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4032 in Bristol, 13 June 2014
8 m awayRef 2014521404258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2025522601052 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.