A368 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 17 April 2001 at 18:50 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A368 in Bath and North East Somerset at 18:50 on Tuesday 17 April 2001. The 59-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2001
- Tuesday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32127, longitude -2.68879, in the BS40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001520052345
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 368
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 August 1998.
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A368 in Bath and North East Somerset, 28 August 1998
50 m awayRef 1998520099180
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A368 in Bath and North East Somerset, 8 December 2004
94 m awayRef 2004520166511
Serious
Kia Niro crash on the A368 in Bath and North East Somerset, 23 April 2022
136 m awayRef 2022522204413
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A368 in Bath and North East Somerset, 9 February 2004
141 m awayRef 2004520023400
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset, 28 October 2025
188 m awayRef 2025520000662
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A368 in Bath and North East Somerset, 11 March 2002
206 m awayRef 2002520036382
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2001520052345 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2001.