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Fatal A361 crash in Somerset on 29 December 2014 at 07:50 involving a Mazda MX-5

A Mazda MX-5 crashed on the A361 in Somerset at 07:50 on Monday 29 December 2014. The 42-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Dec 2014
Monday, 07:50
Vehicles
1
Mazda MX-5
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19318, longitude -2.44403, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014520409286
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
Slip road
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,839 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)

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 2014520409286 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.