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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA5 on 19 December 2011 at 14:00 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 14:00 on Monday 19 December 2011. The 35-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Defender was 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 private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2011
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and Toyota RAV4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2609, longitude -2.68029, in the BA5 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
2011520108179
Council area
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
Using private drive or entrance
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

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 2011520108179 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.