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Serious A39 crash in Somerset on 15 February 1999 at 07:30 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry, a lorry and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 07:30 on Monday 15 February 1999. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1999
Monday, 07:30
Vehicles
3
Leyland and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27286, longitude -2.57912, in the BA3 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999520022047
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    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 1999520022047 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 1999.