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A38 crash in Somerset on 13 July 2017 at 20:15 involving a Peugeot 107

A Peugeot 107 and two cars were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 20:15 on Thursday 13 July 2017. The 23-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 107 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
13 Jul 2017
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 107 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12548, longitude -3.00132, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater North & Central, Somerset, TA6 5AG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017520704708
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2019.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 107)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017520704708 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.