A46 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 18 May 1986 at 15:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset at 15:00 on Sunday 18 May 1986. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 1986
- Sunday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39812, longitude -2.34162, in the BA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bath.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198652EB00590
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 46
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset, 2 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198452EBA0654
Slight
Car crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset, 20 April 1981
10 m awayRef 198152EBA0458
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 25 July 2022
11 m awayRef 20225222BA443
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 19 September 2025
20 m awayRef 2025520001516
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 26 February 1985
40 m awayRef 198552EB00238
Slight
Renault 14 crash on the A46 in Bath and North East Somerset, 4 May 1990
100 m awayRef 19905290E0582
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, 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 198652EB00590 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 1986.