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A3088 crash in Somerset on 24 February 2009 at 18:14 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3088 in Somerset at 18:14 on Tuesday 24 February 2009. The 64-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 2009
Tuesday, 18:14
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96719, longitude -2.74165, in the BA22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Martock, Somerset, BA22 8PA 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
2009520901904
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3088
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
A
Second road number
303

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2009520901904 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 2009.