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A39 crash in Somerset on 23 November 2010 at 17:34 involving an Audi A6

An Audi A6 hit a pedestrian on the A39 in Somerset at 17:34 on Tuesday 23 November 2010. A 22-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 2010
Tuesday, 17:34
Vehicles
1
Audi A6
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20086, longitude -2.65937, in the BA5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wells, Somerset, BA5 9BR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010520009846
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A6)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2010520009846 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 2010.