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Fatal M5 crash in North Somerset on 9 February 1991 at 12:55 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the M5 in North Somerset at 12:55 on Saturday 9 February 1991. A 20-year-old female passenger was killed and the 29-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Feb 1991
Saturday, 12:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2961, longitude -2.89492, in the BS26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19915291J0152
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    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 19915291J0152 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 1991.