A366 crash in Somerset on 15 February 2011 at 07:55 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A366 in Somerset at 07:55 on Tuesday 15 February 2011. The 62-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and the 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2011
- Tuesday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 5 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31491, longitude -2.30014, in the BA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome North, Somerset, BA2 7NQ 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
- 2011520101364
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 366
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2009.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 19 April 2009
10 m awayRef 2009520903545
Slight
Car crash on the A366 in Somerset, 21 August 1986
22 m awayRef 198652FR01246
Slight
Car crash on the A366 in Somerset, 18 July 1984
45 m awayRef 198452FRO1158
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A366 in Somerset, 26 October 1979
45 m awayRef 197952GFR0691
Slight
Car crash on the A366 in Somerset, 7 January 1981
45 m awayRef 198152FRO0147
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A36 in Somerset, 20 December 1994
45 m awayRef 19945294J1686
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2011520101364 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 2011.