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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA5 on 16 February 2000 at 05:00 involving a Jaguar XJ Series

A Jaguar XJ Series crashed on an unclassified road in Somerset at 05:00 on Wednesday 16 February 2000. The 51-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 2000
Wednesday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Jaguar XJ Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25598, longitude -2.70501, in the BA5 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200052FW21571
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    3,239 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)

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 200052FW21571 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.