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Serious unclassified road crash in Somerset TA8 on 26 August 2016 at 17:20 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 hit three pedestrians on an unclassified road in Somerset at 17:20 on Friday 26 August 2016. A 36-year-old female pedestrian, a 5-year-old female pedestrian and a 4-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 2016
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 206
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28021, longitude -3.01318, in the TA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Berrow and Brean. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016520606256
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most 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 2016520606256 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.