B3355 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 17 January 1979 at 09:40 involving a lorry
Three lorries and a car were involved in a crash on the B3355 in Bath and North East Somerset at 09:40 on Wednesday 17 January 1979. The 43-year-old female driver of the car and a 16-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 1979
- Wednesday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- Lorry and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30162, longitude -2.49554, in the BS39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paulton.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197952FKR0065
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3355
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2007.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3355 in Bath and North East Somerset, 6 May 2007
36 m awayRef 2007520706299
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3355 in Bath and North East Somerset, 28 May 2006
41 m awayRef 2006520070670
Serious
Lorry crash on the B3355 in Bath and North East Somerset, 3 February 1979
50 m awayRef 197952FKR0139
Slight
Car crash on the B3355 in Bath and North East Somerset, 12 June 1979
71 m awayRef 197952FKR0684
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3355 in Bath and North East Somerset, 29 October 1988
71 m awayRef 198852ER01472
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the B3355 in Bath and North East Somerset, 7 December 2015
71 m awayRef 2015521600276
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 4: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197952FKR0065 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.