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Serious A372 crash in Somerset on 24 June 1994 at 21:05 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van and a Vauxhall Carlton were involved in a crash on the A372 in Somerset at 21:05 on Friday 24 June 1994. There were seven casualties: two people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jun 1994
Friday, 21:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Carlton
Casualties
7
2 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11393, longitude -2.96139, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19945294L2134
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
372
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19945294L2134 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.