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Serious A362 crash in Somerset on 3 May 1989 at 08:10 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A362 in Somerset at 08:10 on Wednesday 3 May 1989. The 40-year-old female driver of the car and a 17-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously 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
Serious
Date
3 May 1989
Wednesday, 08:10
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22863, longitude -2.30585, in the BA11 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198952FR00613
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
362
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
B
Second road number
3098

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 23 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198952FR00613 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 1989.