Serious B3124 crash in North Somerset on 26 September 2009 at 11:41 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA hit a pedestrian on the B3124 in North Somerset at 11:41 on Saturday 26 September 2009. A 95-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Sep 2009
- Saturday, 11:41
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4838, longitude -2.76872, in the BS20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portishead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portishead North, North Somerset, BS20 6EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009520908978
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3124
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 2004.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B3124 in North Somerset, 27 March 2004
10 m awayRef 2004520040291
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 27 May 1989
10 m awayRef 198952JP00657
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the B3124 in North Somerset, 25 February 2023
19 m awayRef 2023522301004
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the B3124 in North Somerset, 24 December 2001
20 m awayRef 2001520178489
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B3124 in North Somerset, 1 December 2009
20 m awayRef 2009520911362
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3124 in North Somerset, 20 June 1996
20 m awayRef 19965296M2294
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 95, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2009520908978 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2009.