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M5 crash in North Somerset on 28 May 1989 at 00:50 involving a car

Five cars were involved in a crash on the M5 in North Somerset at 00:50 on Sunday 28 May 1989. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 4 and a 26-year-old female passenger in vehicle 4 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 1989
Sunday, 00:50
Vehicles
5
Car and 4 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36627, longitude -2.89054, in the BS22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198952JO00641
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
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 16 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (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 198952JO00641 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 1989.