B3081 crash in Somerset on 13 January 2017 at 18:15 involving a Ford Focus
Two Ford Focus cars were involved in a crash on the B3081 in Somerset at 18:15 on Friday 13 January 2017. The 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2017
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06391, longitude -2.35023, in the BA9 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017520700374
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3081
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
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, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2021.
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 18 July 2021
38 m awayRef 2021552100682
Serious
Car crash on the B3081 in Somerset, 21 January 1984
70 m awayRef 198452FYW0148
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 9 October 1999
72 m awayRef 1999520126055
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3081 in Somerset, 23 April 1984
154 m awayRef 198452FYW0628
Slight
Sinnis Terrain crash on the B3081 in Somerset, 21 June 2024
214 m awayRef 2024520402109
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3081 in Dorset, 28 April 2000
303 m awayRef 2000550E01987
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017520700374 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 2017.