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Serious A36 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 23 September 1982 at 08:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A36 in Bath and North East Somerset at 08:20 on Thursday 23 September 1982. The 42-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 1982
Thursday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35745, longitude -2.3159, 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
198252EBA1238
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
36
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3108

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, 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 198252EBA1238 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 1982.