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Serious A361 crash in Somerset on 25 October 1990 at 18:34 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the A361 in Somerset at 18:34 on Thursday 25 October 1990. The 28-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Oct 1990
Thursday, 18:34
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25556, longitude -2.2874, 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
19905290F1595
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3092

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 19905290F1595 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.