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A369 crash in North Somerset on 21 September 2000 at 17:30 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a ridden horse were involved in a crash on the A369 in North Somerset at 17:30 on Thursday 21 September 2000. The 17-year-old female rider of the ridden horse was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 2000
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and ridden horse
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46873, longitude -2.67604, in the BS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000520122661
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
369
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, horse rider, on vehicle 2 (Ridden horse)

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 2000520122661 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.