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A361 crash in Somerset on 4 November 2002 at 18:40 involving a Toyota Avensis

A Toyota Avensis and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 18:40 on Monday 4 November 2002. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 2002
Monday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Toyota Avensis and Peugeot 307
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22472, longitude -2.30156, in the BA11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome East, Somerset, BA11 5FD area accident hotspot. 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
2002520149055
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, 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 23 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)

    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 2002520149055 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.