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A358 crash in Somerset on 28 October 1998 at 10:20 involving a Mercedes 190

Four vehicles, including a Mercedes 190 and a Toyota Corolla, were involved in a crash on the A358 in Somerset at 10:20 on Wednesday 28 October 1998. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 10:20
Vehicles
4
Mercedes 190 and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01601, longitude -3.05488, in the TA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ruishton. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520126804
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
358
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 4: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1998520126804 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.