B3134 crash in North Somerset on 16 December 2012 at 18:00 involving a Ford Focus
A car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B3134 in North Somerset at 18:00 on Sunday 16 December 2012. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2012
- Sunday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31894, longitude -2.73338, in the BS40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012521208485
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3134
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 2019.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3134 in North Somerset, 13 June 2019
13 m awayRef 2019521903960
Serious
Kia Venga crash on the B3134 in North Somerset, 24 February 2019
19 m awayRef 2019521903444
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3134 in North Somerset, 18 April 2011
22 m awayRef 2011521102403
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B3134 in North Somerset, 10 December 2022
30 m awayRef 20225223NS312
Slight
Suzuki SV 1000 crash on the B3134 in North Somerset, 22 April 2007
32 m awayRef 2007520705829
Slight
Car crash on the B3134 in North Somerset, 9 July 1980
32 m awayRef 198052JWI0796
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2012521208485 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 2012.