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Serious B3135 crash in Somerset on 9 December 1990 at 00:25 involving a Volkswagen 1300

A Volkswagen 1300 crashed on the B3135 in Somerset at 00:25 on Sunday 9 December 1990. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 1990
Sunday, 00:25
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen 1300
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26786, longitude -2.68223, in the BA5 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
19905290F1847
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3135
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 46 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen 1300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,285 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen 1300)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen 1300)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen 1300)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen 1300)

    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 19905290F1847 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.