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A37 crash in Somerset on 9 September 2018 at 12:35 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A37 in Somerset at 12:35 on Sunday 9 September 2018. The 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Sep 2018
Sunday, 12:35
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07136, longitude -2.62483, in the TA11 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
2018520901145
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
37
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
Footbridge or subway

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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Double or multiple trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (roof)
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 2018520901145 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 2018.