Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS40 on 5 February 2018 at 15:45 involving a Jaguar XF Series
A Jaguar XF Series and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 15:45 on Monday 5 February 2018. The 75-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a 76-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2018
- Monday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XF Series and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38559, longitude -2.65668, in the BS40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521801629
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 96 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 1982.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 4 July 1982
96 m awayRef 198252JNA0684
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 18 April 2008
101 m awayRef 2008520804763
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 21 June 1992
103 m awayRef 19925292M0990
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 19 October 1980
115 m awayRef 198052JNA1241
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 9 January 1998
130 m awayRef 1998520005321
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 30 July 2014
210 m awayRef 2014521405648
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XF Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018521801629 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2018.