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Serious B3151 crash in Somerset on 23 November 2015 at 19:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B3151 in Somerset at 19:20 on Monday 23 November 2015. The 24-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and a 4-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were seriously injured and the 30-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 2015
Monday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Honda Civic
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10713, longitude -2.73762, in the BA16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Street, Somerset, BA16 0TZ 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015520509115
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3151
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 November 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,204 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 2015520509115 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.