B3090 crash in Somerset on 9 December 2003 at 18:00 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3090 in Somerset at 18:00 on Tuesday 9 December 2003. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2003
- Tuesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22988, longitude -2.32164, in the BA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frome. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome West, Somerset, BA11 1EJ 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
- 2003521662869
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3090
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 February 2008.
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 13 February 2008
10 m awayRef 2008520802546
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in Somerset, 9 May 1987
10 m awayRef 198752FR00523
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 24 October 2006
10 m awayRef 2006520128333
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 6 July 2010
14 m awayRef 2010520005649
Serious
Honda SH50 crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 13 November 2004
14 m awayRef 2004520152625
Slight
Kia Sedona crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 12 May 2012
14 m awayRef 2012520203025
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2003521662869 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.