{"id":641108,"date":"2025-12-18T23:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641108\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:02:17","slug":"pedestrian-taken-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries-after-south-bristol-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641108\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian taken to hospital with serious injuries after South Bristol crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The road remains closed<\/p>\n<p>21:39, 18 Dec 2025Updated 21:39, 18 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766098937_458_0_IBP_NEC_260722police_02JPG.jpg\" alt=\"File photo of a police car\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>File photo of a police car(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A pedestrian has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crash in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/south-bristol\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">South Bristol<\/a> this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police were called just before 6pm tonight (Thursday, December 18) to the incident on Bishopsworth Road, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/bedminster\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Bedminster<\/a> Down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Avon and Somerset Police said in a statement tonight that the pedestrian was hit by a car and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Officers have contacted their family and are supporting them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The driver remained at the scene and is not believed to be injured, added the police statement. There have been no arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-and-somerset-constabulary\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Avon and Somerset Police<\/a> said the road, as of 9pm, remains shut between its junctions with Cardill Close and Banwell Close while collision investigators examine the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Motorists are urged to seek alternative routes and allow extra time for their journeys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone who saw what happened or has any relevant dashcam or other footage which could help, is urged to call 101 and give the reference 5225355358.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The road remains closed 21:39, 18 Dec 2025Updated 21:39, 18 Dec 2025 File photo of a police car(Image:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[10139,14343,381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-641108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bedminster","9":"tag-bishopsworth","10":"tag-bristol","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115743067709739569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}