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A370 crash in North Somerset on 18 December 1994 at 06:21 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada crashed on the A370 in North Somerset at 06:21 on Sunday 18 December 1994. A 79-year-old female passenger and a 79-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1994
Sunday, 06:21
Vehicles
1
Ford Granada
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43508, longitude -2.64026, in the BS41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19945294M4702
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
370
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    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 19945294M4702 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.