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B3187 crash in Somerset on 8 November 1998 at 18:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B3187 in Somerset at 18:25 on Sunday 8 November 1998. An 8-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1998
Sunday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98362, longitude -3.23935, in the TA21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wellington. 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
1998520131384
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3187
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, 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 16 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    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 1998520131384 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.