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A303 crash in Somerset on 23 August 1990 at 02:40 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego and a Volvo 345 were involved in a crash on the A303 in Somerset at 02:40 on Thursday 23 August 1990. A 5-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 345 was 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
23 Aug 1990
Thursday, 02:40
Vehicles
2
Austin Montego and Volvo 345
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04761, longitude -2.42363, in the BA9 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
19905290F1229
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
303
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 10 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 345

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 345)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19905290F1229 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.