A38 crash in North Somerset on 15 July 2014 at 18:40 involving a Peugeot 407
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot 407 and a Mitsubishi Lancer, were involved in a crash on the A38 in North Somerset at 18:40 on Tuesday 15 July 2014. The 36-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 407 and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Lancer 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
- 15 Jul 2014
- Tuesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot 407 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41959, longitude -2.63408, in the BS13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishopsworth, Bristol, BS13 8DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014521405897
- Council area
- North 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2014.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 18 November 2014
10 m awayRef 2014521408655
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 24 August 1981
28 m awayRef 198152JNA1004
Serious
Ford Galaxy crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 21 September 2008
67 m awayRef 2008520810447
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 26 July 2025
78 m awayRef 2025522501849
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A38 in Bath and North East Somerset, 27 December 1992
106 m awayRef 19925292C3779
Slight
Suzuki GSX 750 crash on the A38 in Bristol, 4 December 2001
131 m awayRef 2001520168106
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 407
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Lancer
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Hyundai Santa Fe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 4: Mitsubishi Carisma
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,834 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 407)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Lancer)
- 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 2014521405897 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2014.