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A39 crash in Somerset on 22 October 2003 at 05:10 involving an ERF lorry

An ERF lorry crashed on the A39 in Somerset at 05:10 on Wednesday 22 October 2003. The 66-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 2003
Wednesday, 05:10
Vehicles
1
ERF
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16442, longitude -2.97221, in the TA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Huntspill, Somerset, TA6 4GW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003521446659
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: ERF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    12,816 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (ERF)

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 2003521446659 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 2003.