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Serious B3165 crash in Somerset on 10 July 1993 at 16:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the B3165 in Somerset at 16:50 on Saturday 10 July 1993. The male driver was seriously injured and a 25-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jul 1993
Saturday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8668, longitude -2.82343, in the TA18 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19935293J2131
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3165
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 19935293J2131 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.