A38 crash in Somerset on 11 October 2006 at 08:47 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 08:47 on Wednesday 11 October 2006. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2006
- Wednesday, 08:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15448, longitude -2.98787, in the TA6 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006520122491
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2006.
Slight
LDV Maxus crash on the A38 in Somerset, 6 October 2006
20 m awayRef 2006520121029
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A38 in Somerset, 25 September 1985
41 m awayRef 198552GB01532
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A38 in Somerset, 11 August 2025
82 m awayRef 2025520501326
Slight
HGV crash on the A38 in Somerset, 14 July 2021
98 m awayRef 2021520105615
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A38 in Somerset, 13 October 2022
121 m awayRef 2022520300177
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A38 in Somerset, 20 December 2015
133 m awayRef 2015520509149
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2006520122491 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 2006.