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Serious unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 9 December 2001 at 18:10 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna, a Ford Mondeo and a Ford New Holland agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 18:10 on Sunday 9 December 2001. A 66-year-old male passenger in the Renault Laguna and the 64-year-old female driver of the Renault Laguna were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 2001
Sunday, 18:10
Vehicles
3
Renault Laguna and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12592, longitude -3.02599, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater West, Somerset, TA6 7DR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001521713877
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
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford New Holland

    Agricultural vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

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 2001521713877 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.