A woman has been taken to hospital with a head injury after a single-vehicle crash along a key road in Bristol. The A4 Portway was closed for more than five hours overnight as a result of the collision.
Officers were called to the Portway at 9.50pm last night (August 22) to reports of a single-vehicle crash. In a statement, the force said a woman was taken to hospital with a head injury not believed to be life-threatening after the car she was driving hit a barrier.
The road was then closed in both directions from Sylvan Way to Bridge Valley Road until 3am so enquiries could be carried out at the scene. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "At 9.50pm last night emergency services deployed to the A4 Portway following a single vehicle collision.
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"A woman was taken to Southmead Hospital by ambulance with a head injury which isn’t believed to be life threatening after the Vauxhall Corsa she was driving collided with a barrier. The road was closed in both directions while enquiries were carried out at the scene and the vehicle was recovered."
The spokesman said the road reopened at 3am.
Anyone who witnessed the incident, or has dashcam which could help with police inquiries into the collision, is asked to call 101 and provide the call handler with the reference 5222202666.
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