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Serious unclassified road crash in Bath and North East Somerset BS14 on 20 March 2010 at 22:28 involving a Daewoo Kalos

A Daewoo Kalos crashed on an unclassified road in Bath and North East Somerset at 22:28 on Saturday 20 March 2010. The 20-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 20-year-old female passenger and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Mar 2010
Saturday, 22:28
Vehicles
1
Daewoo Kalos
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40149, longitude -2.55185, in the BS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitchurch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Publow & Whitchurch, Bath and North East Somerset, BS14 0QE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010521002573
Council area
Bath and North East 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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daewoo Kalos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,150 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Kalos)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Kalos)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Kalos)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2010521002573 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2010.