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B3153 crash in Somerset on 21 June 2001 at 21:45 involving a Vauxhall Omega

Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Omega and a Hyundai Pony, were involved in a crash on the B3153 in Somerset at 21:45 on Thursday 21 June 2001. The 19-year-old male driver of the car and a 19-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jun 2001
Thursday, 21:45
Vehicles
4
Vauxhall Omega and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05622, longitude -2.72766, in the TA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Somerton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7PD area accident hotspot. 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
200152F837217
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3153
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Pony

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 4: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200152F837217 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.