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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA18 on 3 January 1996 at 12:15 involving an Iveco lorry

An Iveco lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Somerset at 12:15 on Wednesday 3 January 1996. A 67-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 12:15
Vehicles
1
Iveco
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88498, longitude -2.79461, in the TA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crewkerne. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296J2010
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    9,572 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Iveco)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 19965296J2010 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 1996.