B3139 crash in Somerset on 14 March 2013 at 07:40 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B3139 in Somerset at 07:40 on Thursday 14 March 2013. The 41-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo and the 46-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2013
- Thursday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22412, longitude -2.84588, in the BS28 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
- 2013520305113
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3139
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 13 October 2024
11 m awayRef 2024520403119
Serious
Bus crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 16 July 1987
22 m awayRef 198752GC01178
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 21 August 2012
33 m awayRef 2012520205710
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 23 May 1986
49 m awayRef 198652GC00791
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 7 November 1999
49 m awayRef 1999520138875
Slight
Hyundai 1200 crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 7 October 1995
49 m awayRef 19955295L3435
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2013520305113 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.