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M5 crash in Somerset on 13 April 1998 at 23:25 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX and a car were involved in a crash on the M5 in Somerset at 23:25 on Monday 13 April 1998. The 50-year-old male driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Apr 1998
Monday, 23:25
Vehicles
2
Citroen AX and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27254, longitude -2.91883, in the BS26 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
1998520037334
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)

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 1998520037334 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.