A4 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 31 August 2018 at 07:30 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
Four vehicles, including a DAF Trucks lorry and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset at 07:30 on Friday 31 August 2018. A 26-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2018
- Friday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- DAF Trucks and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40074, longitude -2.45332, in the BS31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Saltford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltford, Bath and North East Somerset, BS31 3BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018521806199
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 3 July 2014
6 m awayRef 2014521404824
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 7 March 2011
12 m awayRef 2011521101319
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 17 May 1991
12 m awayRef 19915291N6271
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 23 March 2012
15 m awayRef 2012521202103
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 22 July 1980
21 m awayRef 198052EKE0899
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 24 July 1994
25 m awayRef 19945294F2742
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018521806199 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2018.