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A361 crash in Somerset on 19 February 1990 at 19:05 involving a Triumph Dolomite

A Triumph Dolomite and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 19:05 on Monday 19 February 1990. The 24-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1990
Monday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Triumph Dolomite and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28555, longitude -2.26809, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199052FR00261
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Dolomite

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199052FR00261 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.