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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BS27 on 24 March 2000 at 11:08 involving a Suzuki Wagon R+

A car and a Suzuki Wagon R+ were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 11:08 on Friday 24 March 2000. The 86-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Wagon R+ and an 85-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Wagon R+ were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2000
Friday, 11:08
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki Wagon R+
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2557, longitude -2.75086, in the BS27 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
200052FW37028
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Wagon R+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    86 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Wagon R+)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Wagon R+)

    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 200052FW37028 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.