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A4 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 18 July 1998 at 14:16 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset at 14:16 on Saturday 18 July 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jul 1998
Saturday, 14:16
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86062, longitude -3.32788, in the EX15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520083178
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1998520083178 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 1998.