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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA19 on 18 January 1991 at 13:55 involving a Volvo 760

A Volvo 760 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Somerset at 13:55 on Friday 18 January 1991. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 1991
Friday, 13:55
Vehicles
1
Volvo 760
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92677, longitude -2.90958, in the TA19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ilminster. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19915291F0107
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
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 760

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 760)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 19915291F0107 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 1991.