A3039 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 24 November 1980 at 21:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3039 in Bath and North East Somerset at 21:10 on Monday 24 November 1980. A 51-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 1980
- Monday, 21:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38305, longitude -2.35947, in the BA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bath.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198052EBA1475
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3039
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1990.
Slight
Mitsubishi Space Wagon crash on the A3039 in Bath and North East Somerset, 18 August 1990
At the same spotRef 19905290E0998
Serious
Car crash on the A3039 in Bath and North East Somerset, 9 September 1980
At the same spotRef 198052EBA1077
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A3039 in Bath and North East Somerset, 17 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025520001587
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 27 October 1980
10 m awayRef 198052EBA1321
Serious
Bus crash on the A3039 in Bath and North East Somerset, 21 June 1988
10 m awayRef 198852EB00774
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3039 in Bath and North East Somerset, 30 October 1980
10 m awayRef 198052EBA1344
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, 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 198052EBA1475 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 1980.