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Serious B3110 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 14 January 1980 at 18:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3110 in Bath and North East Somerset at 18:55 on Monday 14 January 1980. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 1980
Monday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32433, longitude -2.33003, in the BA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198052EBC0054
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3110
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198052EBC0054 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.