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Serious unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS41 on 8 December 2004 at 18:30 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 18:30 on Wednesday 8 December 2004. A 42-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 206 was seriously injured and the 48-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 206 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 crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 2004
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 206 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3968, longitude -2.6261, in the BS41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004520166154
Council area
North 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
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

    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 2004520166154 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2004.