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B3224 crash in Somerset on 23 November 1996 at 09:20 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara, a Land Rover Range Rover and two cars were involved in a crash on the B3224 in Somerset at 09:20 on Saturday 23 November 1996. An 18-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Vitara and the 35-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Vitara were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1996
Saturday, 09:20
Vehicles
4
Suzuki Vitara and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10145, longitude -3.39675, in the TA23 postcode district. 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
19965296K4041
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3224
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    3,950 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

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 19965296K4041 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.