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A30 crash in Somerset on 27 March 2017 at 20:07 involving a Ford Ka+

A Ford Ka+ hit a pedestrian on the A30 in Somerset at 20:07 on Monday 27 March 2017. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 2017
Monday, 20:07
Vehicles
1
Ford Ka+
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94349, longitude -2.62381, in the BA21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yeovil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Yeovil Central, Somerset, BA21 4JQ area accident hotspot. 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
2017520702969
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Ka+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Ka+)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    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 2017520702969 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.