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A362 crash in Somerset on 30 January 2015 at 16:15 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun

A Mitsubishi Shogun and a car were involved in a crash on the A362 in Somerset at 16:15 on Friday 30 January 2015. The 33-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun and the 17-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jan 2015
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Shogun and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27919, longitude -2.40996, in the BA3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mendip Central and East, Somerset, BA3 5UG area accident hotspot. 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
2015520501098
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
362
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3139

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2015520501098 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 2015.