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Fatal B3224 crash in Somerset on 14 April 1998 at 10:00 involving a Proton Proton

A Proton Proton and a van were involved in a crash on the B3224 in Somerset at 10:00 on Tuesday 14 April 1998. The 77-year-old male driver of the Proton Proton was killed and the 54-year-old female driver of the van and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Proton Proton were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Apr 1998
Tuesday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Proton Proton and van
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10438, longitude -3.29828, in the TA4 postcode district. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520036764
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3224
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 94 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)

    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 1998520036764 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 1998.