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Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS20 on 1 October 1998 at 01:10 involving a Renault 19

A Renault 19 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 01:10 on Thursday 1 October 1998. A 32-year-old male passenger in the Renault 19 and the 50-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Oct 1998
Thursday, 01:10
Vehicles
2
Renault 19 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47592, longitude -2.70001, in the BS20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pill.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520127221
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)

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 1998520127221 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 1998.