A371 crash in North Somerset on 31 August 2003 at 22:40 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A371 in North Somerset at 22:40 on Sunday 31 August 2003. A 17-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2003
- Sunday, 22:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33619, longitude -2.91339, in the BS24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003520114561
- 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
- 371
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1991.
Slight
Car crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 30 June 1991
36 m awayRef 19915291J0802
Serious
Triumph Herald crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 18 June 1992
73 m awayRef 19925292M0967
Fatal
Ford Orion crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 3 November 1990
82 m awayRef 19905290J1367
Serious
Honda CBR600F crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 29 May 1991
99 m awayRef 19915291J0619
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 19 January 1990
108 m awayRef 199052JO00071
Slight
Austin Mini crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 25 April 1995
171 m awayRef 19955295M1543
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2003520114561 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 2003.