Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Bradley Stoke in which a cyclist suffered multiple injuries. The incident took place at approximately 7.35am yesterday (Wednesday 17th August) on the roundabout junction with Savages Wood Road and Bradley Stoke Way (near Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre). A car, believed to be a burgundy Mercedes A-Class, drove out of Savages Wood
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Further concerns have been raised over the safety of a series of traffic islands on Brook Way, Bradley Stoke following a second incident in which a vehicle flipped over after apparently striking the kerb of one of the islands. The latest incident, which happened near the junction with The Common East, occurred at around 6.30pm on Saturday 23rd January and
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The emergency services were called to attend a road traffic incident on Brook Way, Bradley Stoke this afternoon (Thursday 1st October) in which a car flipped over near the junction with Merryweather Close. Police and paramedics attended the scene at around 1.30pm and found a red VW Polo lying on its roof and causing an obstruction to southbound traffic. A police spokesperson
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The police and ambulance services attended a road traffic collision in Savages Wood Road early this morning, after a vehicle travelling eastbound ploughed into a van parked in front of the Hornbeam Close flats. The incident (pictured above), which involved a green Vauxhall Corsa and a white Vauxhall van, occurred at around 6.40am, in foggy conditions. The owner of the
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The emergency services were called to two road traffic accidents in the vicinity of the Willow Brook Centre last weekend. The first incident, on Saturday (13th July), is reported to have occurred on the zebra crossing on the access road into the shopping centre, close to the Tesco petrol station. Traffic coming in and out of the centre was gridlocked
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A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being pinned between two vehicles on Bradley Stoke Way at around 6:45pm last night (Tuesday 15th January). The man, believed to be in his 20s, was taken to Frenchay Hospital with what were described as “life changing injuries” following the incident on the Savages Wood Roundabout, near Bradley Stoke Leisure
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Police say they were called to three separate road traffic accidents in Bradley Stoke last night (Wednesday 9th), with two of them occurring on the same stretch of road. The first was just after 6pm, when a car was in collision with a cyclist in Great Meadow Road. Police and ambulance attended but there were not believed to be any
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A motorcyclist has been jailed for 14 months after being pleading guilty to dangerous driving on Bradley Stoke Way, resulting in an accident that saw a 13-year school student suffer “catastrophic” injuries, reports the Bristol Post. Bristol Crown Court heard that Ross Warren, 44, of Foxborough Gardens, Bradley Stoke, was seen to be going “stupidly fast” before smashing his powerful
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The northbound carriageway of Bradley Stoke Way was closed this morning following an accident in the vicinity of a pedestrian crossing near the Willow Brook Centre. The incident is said to have involved a cyclist and a car. Initial reports suggest that there were no serious injuries. A police road block was in force at the Savages Wood Road Roundabout,
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Work is underway to install a new light-controlled pedestrian crossing at the site of two recent accidents on Bradley Stoke Way, close to the Willow Brook Centre. The crossing is part of a scheme of measures being implemented in response to a public petition signed by more than 3,900 people, following a serious accident in September last year in which
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