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Fatal unclassified road crash in Somerset TA12 on 3 November 1990 at 21:35 involving a Datsun 100

A Datsun 100 crashed on an unclassified road in Somerset at 21:35 on Saturday 3 November 1990. A 17-year-old male passenger was killed and the 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Nov 1990
Saturday, 21:35
Vehicles
1
Datsun 100
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98742, longitude -2.80633, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19905290F1623
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 57 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun 100)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun 100)

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 19905290F1623 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.