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A303 crash in Somerset on 19 March 1990 at 21:58 involving a Datsun Sunny

A Datsun Sunny crashed on the A303 in Somerset at 21:58 on Monday 19 March 1990. The 34-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Mar 1990
Monday, 21:58
Vehicles
1
Datsun Sunny
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95041, longitude -2.7738, in the TA12 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19905290F0409
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
303
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Sunny)

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 19905290F0409 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 1990.