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A361 crash in Somerset on 21 November 2004 at 00:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 00:15 on Sunday 21 November 2004. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2004
Sunday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27972, longitude -2.27611, in the BA11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome North, Somerset, BA11 6PR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004520155616
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 2004520155616 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.