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A303 crash in Somerset on 12 November 2001 at 10:55 involving a Volkswagen

A Volkswagen, two cars and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A303 in Somerset at 10:55 on Monday 12 November 2001. The 60-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen, the 62-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 49-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 2001
Monday, 10:55
Vehicles
4
Volkswagen and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93738, longitude -2.87808, in the TA19 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
2001521573097
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
303
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 70 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,422 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)

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 2001521573097 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 2001.