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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA11 on 14 April 2007 at 18:50 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 18:50 on Saturday 14 April 2007. A 14-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Apr 2007
Saturday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22043, longitude -2.32358, in the BA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frome. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome East, Somerset, BA11 4BT 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
2007520005338
Council area
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    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 2007520005338 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 2007.