A37 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 31 July 2001 at 16:54 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Fiat Bravo were involved in a crash on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset at 16:54 on Tuesday 31 July 2001. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2001
- Tuesday, 16:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Fiat Bravo
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37371, longitude -2.55094, in the BS39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pensford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Publow & Whitchurch, Bath and North East Somerset, BS39 4AB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001520104396
- 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
- 37
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 April 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset, 6 April 1980
28 m awayRef 198052EKE0424
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset, 5 January 2003
32 m awayRef 2003520005011
Slight
Lorry crash on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset, 15 May 1981
32 m awayRef 198152EKE0575
Slight
MAN crash on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset, 15 November 2007
36 m awayRef 2007520714297
Slight
Lorry crash on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset, 13 August 1987
50 m awayRef 198752EK00979
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset, 30 July 2005
60 m awayRef 2005520097586
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Bravo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2001520104396 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.