A4 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 26 September 2002 at 09:25 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset at 09:25 on Thursday 26 September 2002. The 18-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Citroen AX were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2002
- Thursday, 09:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Citroen AX
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39364, longitude -2.34765, in the BA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bathwick, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 6QY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002520127671
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2015.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 10 July 2015
4 m awayRef 2015521507945
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 5 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198652EB01428
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 5 March 1983
10 m awayRef 198352EBA0247
Slight
Honda NSC crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 26 March 2021
11 m awayRef 2021522101959
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 17 November 2012
11 m awayRef 2012521207945
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 13 June 1997
20 m awayRef 1997520051514
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)
- 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 2002520127671 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2002.