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A30 crash in Somerset on 21 April 2000 at 15:00 involving a Rover Maestro

A car and a Rover Maestro were involved in a crash on the A30 in Somerset at 15:00 on Friday 21 April 2000. A 69-year-old male passenger in the car, the 21-year-old female driver of the car and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Rover Maestro were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Apr 2000
Friday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover Maestro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87786, longitude -2.89971, in the TA20 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200052F502376
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Maestro)

    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 200052F502376 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.