A361 crash in Somerset on 24 February 2013 at 06:15 involving a Renault Kangoo
A Renault Kangoo and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 06:15 on Sunday 24 February 2013. The 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2013
- Sunday, 06:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kangoo and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28227, longitude -2.27313, in the BA11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome North, Somerset, BA11 6PR area accident hotspot. 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
- 2013520301121
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3109
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A361 in Somerset, 13 November 2020
At the same spotRef 2020520101126
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A361 in Somerset, 8 January 2015
2 m awayRef 2015520500984
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A361 in Somerset, 22 May 2023
2 m awayRef 2023520301237
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A361 in Somerset, 31 August 2004
2 m awayRef 2004520113841
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A361 in Somerset, 24 November 2014
2 m awayRef 2014520500562
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the A361 in Somerset, 21 November 2003
2 m awayRef 2003521595739
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2013520301121 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 2013.