A370 crash in North Somerset on 27 October 2003 at 12:09 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord, a car and a van were involved in a crash on the A370 in North Somerset at 12:09 on Monday 27 October 2003. The 28-year-old male driver of the car was 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
- 27 Oct 2003
- Monday, 12:09
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Accord and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37103, longitude -2.81122, in the BS49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Congresbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Congresbury & Puxton, North Somerset, BS49 5BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003520142395
- 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
- 370
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 3 July 1986
10 m awayRef 198652JO00683
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 12 November 2011
10 m awayRef 2011521107125
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 17 October 1997
14 m awayRef 1997520090895
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 7 December 1998
14 m awayRef 1998521444479
Serious
Van crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 4 November 1985
14 m awayRef 198552JO01216
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 24 June 2000
14 m awayRef 2000520076520
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2003520142395 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.