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Serious unclassified road crash in Somerset TA14 on 29 November 1985 at 11:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 11:35 on Friday 29 November 1985. The 65-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Nov 1985
Friday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9527, longitude -2.75305, in the TA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stoke sub Hamdon. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198552FE01770
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
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
Raining, 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 6 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198552FE01770 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 1985.