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M5 crash in Somerset on 4 October 2000 at 11:30 involving a Jaguar Sovereign

A Jaguar Sovereign crashed on the M5 in Somerset at 11:30 on Wednesday 4 October 2000. An 87-year-old female passenger and an 85-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 2000
Wednesday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Jaguar Sovereign
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95844, longitude -3.23445, in the TA21 postcode district. 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
2000521232006
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 72 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar Sovereign

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    3,980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar Sovereign)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar Sovereign)

    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 2000521232006 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 2000.