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A359 crash in Somerset on 9 August 2002 at 17:05 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA crashed on the A359 in Somerset at 17:05 on Friday 9 August 2002. The 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Aug 2002
Friday, 17:05
Vehicles
1
Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96494, longitude -2.61829, in the BA21 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002521076118
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
359
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
Oil or diesel
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

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 2002521076118 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.