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B3139 crash in Somerset on 30 November 1987 at 14:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3139 in Somerset at 14:45 on Monday 30 November 1987. The 53-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 74-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 1987
Monday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25586, longitude -3.00061, in the TA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnham-on-Sea. 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
198752GU02081
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3139
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198752GU02081 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 1987.