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Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS40 on 24 May 2000 at 19:05 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Fiat Seicento were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 19:05 on Wednesday 24 May 2000. The 47-year-old female driver of the Fiat Seicento was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 2000
Wednesday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Fiat Seicento
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36018, longitude -2.76535, in the BS40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000520063037
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Seicento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Seicento)

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 2000520063037 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 2000.