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Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS20 on 2 October 1987 at 22:00 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 22:00 on Friday 2 October 1987. The 18-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 1987
Friday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48313, longitude -2.79517, in the BS20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portishead.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198752JP01082
Council area
North 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
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, 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 198752JP01082 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 1987.