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Unclassified road crash in Bath and North East Somerset BA1 on 3 February 1979 at 07:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset at 07:30 on Saturday 3 February 1979. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a 56-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 1979
Saturday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38725, longitude -2.36641, in the BA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bath.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197952FBA0135
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197952FBA0135 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 1979.