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Fatal A38 crash in Somerset on 20 December 2015 at 01:10 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A38 in Somerset at 01:10 on Sunday 20 December 2015. A 24-year-old male passenger was killed and a male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry road with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Dec 2015
Sunday, 01:10
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16501, longitude -2.98894, in the TA6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Huntspill, Somerset, TA6 4GW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015520601046
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2015520601046 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.