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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Estel Farell Roig

Portway closed for five hours after crash sees woman in hospital

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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