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A37 crash in Somerset on 30 December 2001 at 11:55 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo, an Alfa Romeo 146 and a Vauxhall Senator were involved in a crash on the A37 in Somerset at 11:55 on Sunday 30 December 2001. The 25-year-old female driver of the Alfa Romeo 146, a 25-year-old male passenger in the Alfa Romeo 146 and the 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2001
Sunday, 11:55
Vehicles
3
Ford Mondeo and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13632, longitude -2.55025, in the BA4 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200152FS01279
Council area
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 146

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Senator

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    2,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 146)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 146)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

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 200152FS01279 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.