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B3151 crash in Somerset on 5 May 2004 at 09:15 involving a Foden lorry

A Foden lorry crashed on the B3151 in Somerset at 09:15 on Wednesday 5 May 2004. The 56-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 2004
Wednesday, 09:15
Vehicles
1
Foden
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20105, longitude -2.80222, in the BS28 postcode district. 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
2004520058971
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3151
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
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
25%
Estimated chance it was slight
75%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Foden

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Foden)

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 2004520058971 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.