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A371 crash in North Somerset on 21 October 1998 at 07:40 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A371 in North Somerset at 07:40 on Wednesday 21 October 1998. The 25-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 and the 65-year-old male driver of the other vehicle were 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
21 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 306 and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33459, longitude -2.90629, in the BS24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520128643
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
371
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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 28 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1998520128643 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.