A46 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 20 April 1981 at 17:40 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset at 17:40 on Monday 20 April 1981. A 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 1981
- Monday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39812, longitude -2.34148, 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
- 198152EBA0458
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2022.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 25 July 2022
7 m awayRef 20225222BA443
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset, 18 May 1986
10 m awayRef 198652EB00590
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset, 2 June 1984
14 m awayRef 198452EBA0654
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 19 September 2025
19 m awayRef 2025520001516
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 26 February 1985
50 m awayRef 198552EB00238
Slight
Renault 14 crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset, 4 May 1990
100 m awayRef 19905290E0582
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, 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 198152EBA0458 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 1981.