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A371 crash in Somerset on 14 January 1979 at 12:30

A vehicle crashed on the A371 in Somerset at 12:30 on Sunday 14 January 1979. A 44-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 1979
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0506, longitude -2.41795, in the BA9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wincanton. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197952MCW0059
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
371
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 197952MCW0059 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.