A38 crash in Somerset on 18 August 2014 at 15:24 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307, a Volkswagen Polo and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 15:24 on Monday 18 August 2014. The 65-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2014
- Monday, 15:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 307 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26666, longitude -2.90635, in the BS26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brent, Somerset, BS26 2UG 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
- 2014520405835
- 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
- 30 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A38 in Somerset, 7 March 2016
13 m awayRef 2016520602521
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A38 in Somerset, 16 June 2017
13 m awayRef 2017520705682
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A38 in Somerset, 22 April 2015
31 m awayRef 2015520503281
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A38 in Somerset, 12 July 1999
54 m awayRef 1999520087325
Slight
MG Montego crash on the A38 in Somerset, 10 March 1997
54 m awayRef 1997520094803
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Somerset, 29 July 1991
56 m awayRef 19915291G1195
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 3: Ford C-Max
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014520405835 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.