A370 crash in North Somerset on 1 September 1996 at 17:20 involving an Austin Montego
An Austin Montego and a car were involved in a crash on the A370 in North Somerset at 17:20 on Sunday 1 September 1996. The 27-year-old male driver of the Austin Montego 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
- 1 Sep 1996
- Sunday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Montego and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43372, longitude -2.64197, in the BS41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19965296M3479
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 370
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2024.
Slight
Yamaha XJR crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 16 September 2024
14 m awayRef 2024522402901
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 19 April 1994
14 m awayRef 19945294M1593
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 16 November 2025
15 m awayRef 2025522600585
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 18 October 2021
20 m awayRef 2021522105190
Slight
BMW crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 30 November 1998
22 m awayRef 1998520141801
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 12 January 2002
22 m awayRef 2002520008117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)
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 19965296M3479 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.