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A38 crash in Somerset on 9 January 2004 at 11:15 involving a Peugeot Partner

A Peugeot Partner, a Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 11:15 on Friday 9 January 2004. The 48-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 2004
Friday, 11:15
Vehicles
3
Peugeot Partner and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13681, longitude -2.9935, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater North & Central, Somerset, TA6 4AJ 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
2004520005924
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)

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 2004520005924 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 2004.