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A30 crash in Somerset on 23 July 1998 at 07:25 involving a Land Rover 88

A Land Rover 88 and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A30 in Somerset at 07:25 on Thursday 23 July 1998. The 27-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 1998
Thursday, 07:25
Vehicles
2
Land Rover 88 and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88832, longitude -2.83163, in the TA18 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520085644
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 17 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover 88

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,286 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks)

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 1998520085644 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.