Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS20 on 6 June 2018 at 19:29 involving a Volkswagen Transporter lorry
A Volkswagen Transporter lorry, a Skoda Fabia and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 19:29 on Wednesday 6 June 2018. The 60-year-old female driver of the Skoda Fabia and a 14-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Fabia were 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
- 6 Jun 2018
- Wednesday, 19:29
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Transporter and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48327, longitude -2.79466, in the BS20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portishead.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521804526
- 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
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2012.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 10 November 2012
6 m awayRef 2012521207762
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 9 July 1992
8 m awayRef 19925292M1277
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 2 October 1987
39 m awayRef 198752JP01082
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 4 September 2003
48 m awayRef 2003520114669
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 8 September 1996
80 m awayRef 19965296M3490
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 30 August 1980
104 m awayRef 198052JNP1028
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
- 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 2018521804526 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.