A3065 crash in Somerset on 3 May 2011 at 11:25 involving a Jaguar S Type
A Jaguar S Type, a Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A3065 in Somerset at 11:25 on Tuesday 3 May 2011. The 20-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2011
- Tuesday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar S Type and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01434, longitude -3.13101, in the TA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Taunton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop's Hull & Taunton West, Somerset, TA1 5HE area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011520102731
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3065
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 February 1995.
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 5 February 1995
40 m awayRef 19955295K0534
Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the A3065 in Somerset, 6 December 2001
40 m awayRef 2001521703647
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A3065 in Somerset, 10 November 2011
40 m awayRef 2011520107161
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 21 September 1998
40 m awayRef 1998520109174
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 13 September 2002
78 m awayRef 2002521220688
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 24 September 2017
89 m awayRef 2017520708218
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar S Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 2011520102731 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.