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A37 crash in Somerset on 24 November 2011 at 23:10 involving a Volvo V50

A Volvo V50 and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the A37 in Somerset at 23:10 on Thursday 24 November 2011. The 52-year-old male driver of the Volvo V50, the 68-year-old female driver of the Honda Jazz and a 68-year-old male passenger in the Honda Jazz were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Nov 2011
Thursday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Volvo V50 and Honda Jazz
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22807, longitude -2.54289, in the BA3 postcode district. 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
2011520107737
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
37
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3135

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
60%
Estimated chance it was slight
40%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V50

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,339 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V50)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2011520107737 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.