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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA4 on 30 May 2002 at 14:55 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309 crashed on an unclassified road in Somerset at 14:55 on Thursday 30 May 2002. The 22-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 May 2002
Thursday, 14:55
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 309
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14456, longitude -2.5189, 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
2002520073661
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
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

    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 2002520073661 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 2002.