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A372 crash in Somerset on 7 July 1991 at 16:45 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego and a car were involved in a crash on the A372 in Somerset at 16:45 on Sunday 7 July 1991. The 51-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jul 1991
Sunday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Montego and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02584, longitude -2.69036, in the TA11 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19915291F0992
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
372
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3151

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

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 19915291F0992 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.