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Serious A361 crash in Somerset on 17 April 1993 at 12:00 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry, a Bedford lorry and a Leyland DAF 200 van were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 12:00 on Saturday 17 April 1993. The 30-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF 200 van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Apr 1993
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
3
Volvo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16965, longitude -2.54919, in the BA4 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
19935293J1145
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
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 14 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    8,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland DAF 200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Leyland DAF 200)

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 19935293J1145 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 1993.