A371 crash in North Somerset on 4 February 2011 at 15:00 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a car were involved in a crash on the A371 in North Somerset at 15:00 on Friday 4 February 2011. The 33-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Vitara and an 11-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Vitara were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2011
- Friday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32837, longitude -2.86673, in the BS29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Banwell & Winscombe, North Somerset, BS29 6DD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011521100768
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 371
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2006.
Slight
Car crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 11 July 2006
10 m awayRef 2006520083119
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 17 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011521102198
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 10 October 2020
11 m awayRef 2020522004631
Slight
Lorry crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 22 June 2016
11 m awayRef 2016521604761
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 13 June 2025
12 m awayRef 2025522501980
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 9 May 1996
14 m awayRef 19965296M1779
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
- 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 2011521100768 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2011.