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Unclassified road crash in Bath and North East Somerset BA1 on 16 February 2008 at 03:06 involving an MG ZR

An MG ZR crashed on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset at 03:06 on Saturday 16 February 2008. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 2008
Saturday, 03:06
Vehicles
1
MG ZR
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38923, longitude -2.37852, in the BA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lansdown, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 2DS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008520802803
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG ZR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)

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 2008520802803 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2008.