A3033 crash in North Somerset on 4 February 2002 at 18:35 involving a Ford Cortina
A Ford Cortina and a Ford Transit were involved in a crash on the A3033 in North Somerset at 18:35 on Monday 4 February 2002. The 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2002
- Monday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Cortina and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33447, longitude -2.97178, in the BS23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weston-super-Mare. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weston-super-Mare South, North Somerset, BS23 3BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002520050482
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3033
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2019.
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A3033 in North Somerset, 18 June 2019
4 m awayRef 2019521906078
Serious
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 12 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025522501358
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3033 in North Somerset, 14 May 2001
10 m awayRef 2001520064785
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3033 in North Somerset, 13 December 2017
12 m awayRef 2017521800989
Slight
Car crash on the A3033 in North Somerset, 24 April 2009
14 m awayRef 2009520903596
Slight
Car crash on the A3033 in North Somerset, 8 March 1981
20 m awayRef 198152JWE0246
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)
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 2002520050482 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2002.