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A38 crash in Somerset on 24 January 1979 at 10:03 involving a lorry

Two lorries were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 10:03 on Wednesday 24 January 1979. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 1979
Wednesday, 10:03
Vehicles
2
Lorry and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1001, longitude -3.00252, in the TA6 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197952JBC0080
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 197952JBC0080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Somerset road accident statistics for 1979.