Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA11 on 24 April 2016 at 12:05 involving a Mini Countryman
A Mini Countryman, an MG TF and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 12:05 on Sunday 24 April 2016. The 74-year-old female driver of the Mini Countryman was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Apr 2016
- Sunday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mini Countryman and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23591, longitude -2.31537, in the BA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frome. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frome East, Somerset, BA11 2AJ 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016520603836
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 21 November 2007.
Serious
Yamaha YQ 50 Aerox crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 21 November 2007
1 m awayRef 2007520714635
Slight
Renault 19 crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 19 February 1990
14 m awayRef 199052FR00257
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 11 October 2006
14 m awayRef 2006520124711
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 29 January 2012
22 m awayRef 2012520200852
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in Somerset, 20 July 1986
22 m awayRef 198652FR01113
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 26 February 1997
28 m awayRef 1997520008293
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: MG TF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Countryman)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016520603836 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 2016.