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Fatal A36 crash in Somerset on 1 May 1996 at 15:10 involving a Rolls Royce

A Rolls Royce and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the A36 in Somerset at 15:10 on Wednesday 1 May 1996. The 79-year-old male driver of the Rolls Royce and the 77-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro were killed.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 May 1996
Wednesday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Rolls Royce and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25517, longitude -2.26075, in the BA11 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296J4850
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
36
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rolls Royce

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    6,750 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rolls Royce)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

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 19965296J4850 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.