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A38 crash in Somerset on 11 October 2013 at 08:20 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 08:20 on Friday 11 October 2013. The 24-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra, the 39-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes van 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
11 Oct 2013
Friday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Mercedes
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26162, longitude -2.92598, in the TA9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brent, Somerset, TA9 4HU 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
2013520306830
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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
37%
Estimated chance it was slight
63%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    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 2013520306830 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.