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A372 crash in Somerset on 26 September 2004 at 15:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A372 in Somerset at 15:30 on Sunday 26 September 2004. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 2004
Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02578, longitude -2.69039, in the TA11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7ES 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
2004520128686
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
372
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
B
Second road number
3151

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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    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 2004520128686 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.