B3130 crash in North Somerset on 14 February 2015 at 18:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the B3130 in North Somerset at 18:55 on Saturday 14 February 2015. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2015
- Saturday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Audi A5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44234, longitude -2.77039, in the BS21 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Hill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gordano Valley, North Somerset, BS21 6SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015521501407
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3130
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3128
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2018.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B3130 in North Somerset, 20 March 2018
4 m awayRef 2018521803742
Slight
Kawasaki Z550 crash on the B3130 in North Somerset, 22 October 1993
6 m awayRef 19935293M3846
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B3128 in North Somerset, 5 April 2000
6 m awayRef 2000520044440
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3130 in North Somerset, 15 May 1988
6 m awayRef 198852JC00563
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3130 in North Somerset, 26 May 1999
6 m awayRef 1999520062537
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the B3128 in North Somerset, 24 March 1993
6 m awayRef 19935293M1014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2015521501407 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2015.