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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 10 February 1996 at 16:44 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on an unclassified road in Somerset at 16:44 on Saturday 10 February 1996. The 29-year-old male driver and a 33-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 1996
Saturday, 16:44
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13716, longitude -2.98046, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296L6010
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19965296L6010 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.