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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA7 on 17 March 1979 at 21:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Somerset at 21:30 on Saturday 17 March 1979. The 32-year-old male driver and a 26-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Mar 1979
Saturday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07814, longitude -2.50242, in the BA7 postcode district. 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
197952MCW0238
Council area
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, 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 197952MCW0238 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.