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Fatal B3141 crash in Somerset on 28 January 1994 at 13:19 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3141 in Somerset at 13:19 on Friday 28 January 1994. A 90-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 90-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Jan 1994
Friday, 13:19
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16181, longitude -2.93522, in the TA7 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19945294FAT04
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3141
Road type
Single carriageway
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    90 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19945294FAT04 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 1994.