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A37 crash in Somerset on 25 April 2014 at 17:50 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A37 in Somerset at 17:50 on Friday 25 April 2014. A 63-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Apr 2014
Friday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Ford KA and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13518, longitude -2.55175, in the BA4 postcode district. 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
2014520403357
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
37
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

    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 2014520403357 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 2014.