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Serious A371 crash in North Somerset on 29 January 2004 at 15:35 involving a Vauxhall Omega

A Vauxhall Omega hit a pedestrian on the A371 in North Somerset at 15:35 on Thursday 29 January 2004. A 71-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jan 2004
Thursday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Omega
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3143, longitude -2.8349, in the BS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winscombe and Sandford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Banwell & Winscombe, North Somerset, BS25 1LG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004520015296
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2004520015296 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 2004.