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Fatal A361 crash in Somerset on 26 November 1983 at 00:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A361 in Somerset at 00:20 on Saturday 26 November 1983. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was killed and a 28-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Nov 1983
Saturday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28754, longitude -2.26093, in the BA11 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198352FRO2768
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, 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 198352FRO2768 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Somerset road accident statistics for 1983.