B3173 crash in North Somerset on 23 April 2018 at 08:22 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo, a car and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the B3173 in North Somerset at 08:22 on Monday 23 April 2018. The 44-year-old female driver of the Toyota Aygo and the 50-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2018
- Monday, 08:22
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Aygo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33944, longitude -2.78298, in the BS40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lower Langford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blagdon & Churchill, North Somerset, BS40 5AP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521803944
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3173
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2005.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 14 October 2005
4 m awayRef 2005520134864
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 23 July 1996
4 m awayRef 19965296M2957
Slight
Honda GLR 125 crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 22 August 2022
4 m awayRef 2022522203681
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 20 July 1998
4 m awayRef 1998520082571
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 1 May 1997
6 m awayRef 1997520040375
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A38 in North Somerset, 8 August 2005
6 m awayRef 2005520103799
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018521803944 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.