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A38 crash in Somerset on 14 July 2004 at 17:00 involving a Kia Shuma

A Kia Shuma and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 17:00 on Wednesday 14 July 2004. A 42-year-old female passenger in the Kia Shuma and the 48-year-old male driver of the Kia Shuma were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jul 2004
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Kia Shuma and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97032, longitude -3.21639, in the TA21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Tone, Somerset, TA21 9PW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004520090093
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Shuma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Shuma)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Shuma)

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 2004520090093 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.