A361 crash in Somerset on 5 August 2017 at 13:57 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 13:57 on Saturday 5 August 2017. A 39-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2017
- Saturday, 13:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25544, longitude -2.2888, in the BA11 postcode district. 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
- 2017520705183
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3090
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2018.
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 1 July 2018
20 m awayRef 2018520807284
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 9 July 2025
29 m awayRef 2025520501706
Slight
Volvo crash on the A361 in Somerset, 8 August 2002
35 m awayRef 2002520106119
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A361 in Somerset, 18 June 2005
35 m awayRef 2005520080497
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 6 December 2012
35 m awayRef 2012520208057
Serious
Isuzu crash on the B3090 in Somerset, 31 January 2012
35 m awayRef 2012520200702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2017520705183 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.