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Serious B3124 crash in North Somerset on 14 September 1995 at 17:28 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Suzuki Supercarry van were involved in a crash on the B3124 in North Somerset at 17:28 on Thursday 14 September 1995. The 69-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Supercarry van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Sep 1995
Thursday, 17:28
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45851, longitude -2.81892, in the BS21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19955295M3370
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3124
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 73 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Supercarry

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 69, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Supercarry)

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 19955295M3370 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 1995.