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A39 crash in Somerset on 1 July 1996 at 08:20 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 08:20 on Monday 1 July 1996. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jul 1996
Monday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13719, longitude -2.86182, in the TA7 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296L2146
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 60 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 19965296L2146 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.