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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA12 on 5 March 2004 at 20:10 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 20:10 on Friday 5 March 2004. The 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205, a 19-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 205 and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2004
Friday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Fiat Panda and Peugeot 205
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97607, longitude -2.73082, in the TA12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Martock, Somerset, BA22 8PA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004520033685
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
A
Second road number
303

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
44%
Estimated chance it was slight
56%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2004520033685 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.