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A356 crash in Somerset on 2 September 2008 at 17:50 involving a Hyundai Accent

A Hyundai Accent and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A356 in Somerset at 17:50 on Tuesday 2 September 2008. The 47-year-old female driver of the Kia Sportage was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Sep 2008
Tuesday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Accent and Kia Sportage
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88635, longitude -2.79609, in the TA18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crewkerne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7DE area accident hotspot. 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
2008520809690
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
356
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)

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 2008520809690 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.