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Serious A37 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 18 May 1987 at 00:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset at 00:30 on Monday 18 May 1987. The 21-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 May 1987
Monday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37196, longitude -2.55017, in the BS39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pensford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198752EK00570
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
37
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, 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 198752EK00570 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 1987.