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B3128 crash in North Somerset on 17 May 1996 at 16:57 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the B3128 in North Somerset at 16:57 on Friday 17 May 1996. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 1996
Friday, 16:57
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44392, longitude -2.69737, in the BS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296M1833
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3128
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 19965296M1833 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 1996.