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A39 crash in Somerset on 29 January 2015 at 09:40 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25 and a Ford B-Max were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 09:40 on Thursday 29 January 2015. The 88-year-old female driver of the Rover 25 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 2015
Thursday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
Rover 25 and Ford B-Max
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19411, longitude -3.45598, in the TA24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunster, Somerset, TA24 6TN area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015520501279
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, 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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    88 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford B-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)

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 2015520501279 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.