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A356 crash in Somerset on 7 December 2004 at 09:35 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla hit a pedestrian on the A356 in Somerset at 09:35 on Tuesday 7 December 2004. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a muddy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2004
Tuesday, 09:35
Vehicles
1
Toyota Corolla
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88689, longitude -2.7961, in the TA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crewkerne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7DE 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
2004520166472
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
356
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Mud
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Mud

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2004520166472 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.