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Serious A370 crash in North Somerset on 23 March 1981 at 15:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A370 in North Somerset at 15:40 on Monday 23 March 1981. A 12-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Mar 1981
Monday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26897, longitude -2.91503, in the BS26 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198152JWE0299
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
370
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 117 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198152JWE0299 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 1981.