Snow in Bristol: Police close road after two-car crash in icy conditions

A main road in south Bristol was closed this morning by police after a crash involving two vehicles. The incident happened in Stockwood Lane, which runs between Whitchurch and Keynsham, at around 7am this morning.

Eyewitnesses said a car skidded into the rear of a parked vehicle on the road, near the Concorde pub. The impact pushed the parked vehicle several metres down the road. No-one was hurt, thankfully.

Resident Laura Bird provided the driver of the moving vehicle with a cup of tea and took pictures of police at the scene. She said: “The Ford Focus was parked up. The car hit it from behind and moved the car completely.” Asked how the driver was, she said: “Yes. He was fine. I brought him a cup of tea.”

Police reopened the road at about 8am. The incident comes as a yellow weather warning from the Met Office weather forecast as warning remains in place">Met Office remains in place this morning. It warns of icy conditions on roads and pavements following snowfall in the early hours.

Bath and North East Somerset Council is responsible for gritting Stockwood Lane. In a tweet this morning, the council said it had been out since 4am gritting all prinicipal routes. Bristol City Council has also said all priority routes in the city will be gritted today. A spokesperson added: “Very frosty & icy conditions expected today.” The gritting routes can be viewed here.

Despite snowfall this morning and cold conditions today and tomorrow, the Met Office is not forecasting more snow today. However, Google’s weather forecast predicts more snow showers on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

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