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M5 crash in Somerset on 4 October 2000 at 08:50 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry, a Vauxhall Nova and a car were involved in a crash on the M5 in Somerset at 08:50 on Wednesday 4 October 2000. The 52-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova was 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, 08:50
Vehicles
3
Scania and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26887, longitude -2.92166, in the BS26 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000521284496
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    14,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 2000521284496 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.