B3141 crash in Somerset on 22 September 2012 at 01:07 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a BMW 5 Series, were involved in a crash on the B3141 in Somerset at 01:07 on Saturday 22 September 2012. The 30-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and a 30-year-old male passenger in the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Sep 2012
- Saturday, 01:07
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16517, longitude -2.93504, in the TA7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater East & Bawdrip, Somerset, TA7 8PW area accident hotspot. 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
- 2012520206207
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3141
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3141 in Somerset, 27 September 2014
2 m awayRef 2014520500339
Slight
Car crash on the B3141 in Somerset, 7 August 1989
22 m awayRef 198952GR01307
Serious
Car crash on the B3141 in Somerset, 13 January 2024
84 m awayRef 2024520401130
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3141 in Somerset, 1 May 1989
120 m awayRef 198952GR00747
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 16 December 2003
120 m awayRef 2003521721209
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B3141 in Somerset, 13 January 2023
128 m awayRef 2023520300583
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
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
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Audi A6
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
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- 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 2012520206207 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.