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A38 crash in North Somerset on 22 June 1996 at 10:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Saab 9000 were involved in a crash on the A38 in North Somerset at 10:20 on Saturday 22 June 1996. The 77-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was 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
22 Jun 1996
Saturday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Saab 9000
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38274, longitude -2.70405, in the BS48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Downside.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296M2348
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 19965296M2348 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.