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A371 crash in Somerset on 15 April 1998 at 13:35 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A371 in Somerset at 13:35 on Wednesday 15 April 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 13:35
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19033, longitude -2.54943, in the BA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shepton Mallet. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520040932
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
371
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
361

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 1998520040932 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.