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A39 crash in Somerset on 20 July 2012 at 14:48 involving a Mazda MX-5

A Mazda MX-5 and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 14:48 on Friday 20 July 2012. The 80-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and an 83-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 2012
Friday, 14:48
Vehicles
2
Mazda MX-5 and Toyota Yaris
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1435, longitude -3.1, in the TA5 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012520204904
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
32%
Estimated chance it was slight
68%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,329 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)

    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 2012520204904 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 2012.