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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA3 on 6 May 2008 at 10:08 involving a DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry

A DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 10:08 on Tuesday 6 May 2008. The 56-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks FA 45LF lorry was 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
6 May 2008
Tuesday, 10:08
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks FA 45LF and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01942, longitude -3.04873, in the TA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ruishton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackdown & Neroche, Somerset, TA3 5LF area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008520805300
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
Rural
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FA 45LF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks FA 45LF)

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 2008520805300 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.