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Serious unclassified road crash in Somerset TA4 on 10 October 1983 at 12:20 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 12:20 on Monday 10 October 1983. The 35-year-old female driver of the car and a 59-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured and the 51-year-old female driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Oct 1983
Monday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0973, longitude -3.28809, in the TA4 postcode district. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198352GMW1560
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, 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 198352GMW1560 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.