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Serious A39 crash in Somerset on 25 April 1998 at 18:55 involving a Ford Sierra

Five vehicles, including a Ford Sierra and a Ford Escort, were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 18:55 on Saturday 25 April 1998. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one 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
Serious
Date
25 Apr 1998
Saturday, 18:55
Vehicles
5
Ford Sierra and 4 others
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13927, longitude -3.04768, in the TA5 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520045744
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,601 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 4: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,948 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 5: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Capri)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Rover Metro)

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 1998520045744 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.