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Serious A39 crash in Somerset on 23 December 1998 at 13:30 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 13:30 on Wednesday 23 December 1998. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Renault Laguna and Citroen ZX
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14659, longitude -3.13077, in the TA5 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520154274
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 February 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    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 1998520154274 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.