A359 crash in Somerset on 17 February 2008 at 14:30 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a car were involved in a crash on the A359 in Somerset at 14:30 on Sunday 17 February 2008. The 17-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2008
- Sunday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99077, longitude -2.5974, in the BA22 postcode district. 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
- 2008520802432
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 359
- Road type
- Single 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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 October 2025.
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A359 in Somerset, 31 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025520600492
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A359 in Somerset, 22 July 2017
38 m awayRef 2017520705384
Slight
Car crash on the A359 in Somerset, 14 September 1982
50 m awayRef 198252FYW1283
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A359 in Somerset, 1 November 2006
57 m awayRef 2006520132128
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A359 in Somerset, 8 December 2007
64 m awayRef 2007521800375
Serious
Car crash on the A359 in Somerset, 24 November 1984
67 m awayRef 198452FYW1800
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 2008520802432 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 2008.