B3168 crash in Somerset on 15 December 2001 at 18:25 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, an Austin Metro and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B3168 in Somerset at 18:25 on Saturday 15 December 2001. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2001
- Saturday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99146, longitude -2.86201, in the TA10 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001521797017
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3168
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2009.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B3168 in Somerset, 10 December 2009
32 m awayRef 2009520911783
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 14 December 1988
40 m awayRef 198852FO01879
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3168 in Somerset, 8 May 2001
100 m awayRef 200152F613617
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3168 in Somerset, 16 August 2009
113 m awayRef 2009520907554
Slight
Car crash on the B3168 in Somerset, 26 May 2018
116 m awayRef 2018520804783
Serious
Car crash on the B3168 in Somerset, 22 October 1984
224 m awayRef 198452FYS1598
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2001521797017 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.