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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 17 December 1983 at 12:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 12:40 on Saturday 17 December 1983. A 63-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1983
Saturday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13156, longitude -3.00463, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198352GBR1985
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198352GBR1985 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.