Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS48 on 29 July 1994 at 13:35 involving a Ford Escort
Four vehicles, including a Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 13:35 on Friday 29 July 1994. A 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort, the 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jul 1994
- Friday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Escort and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41851, longitude -2.77794, in the BS48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19945294M2823
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 4: Smiths
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- 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 19945294M2823 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 1994.