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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA23 on 27 April 2015 at 08:45 involving a Hyundai Atoz

A Hyundai Atoz hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Somerset at 08:45 on Monday 27 April 2015. A 5-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Apr 2015
Monday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Atoz
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17475, longitude -3.32575, in the TA23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watchet. 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
2015520503327
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 29 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Atoz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Atoz)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2015520503327 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.