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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 10 December 1997 at 09:00 involving a Suzuki SJ

A Suzuki SJ and a Bedford van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 09:00 on Wednesday 10 December 1997. The 40-year-old female driver of the Suzuki SJ was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki SJ and Bedford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08475, longitude -3.00933, in the TA6 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
1997520001653
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SJ

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SJ)

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 1997520001653 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 1997.