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A39 crash in Somerset on 15 June 1996 at 09:25 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun

A Mitsubishi Shogun hit a pedestrian on the A39 in Somerset at 09:25 on Saturday 15 June 1996. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jun 1996
Saturday, 09:25
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi Shogun
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16261, longitude -3.31851, in the TA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Williton. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296K1981
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19965296K1981 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.