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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 10 December 2019 at 20:44 involving a Mazda 2

A Mazda 2 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Somerset at 20:44 on Tuesday 10 December 2019. A 61-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2019
Tuesday, 20:44
Vehicles
1
Mazda 2
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12586, longitude -2.98774, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater North & Central, Somerset, TA6 4LQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019520001462
Council area
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
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
32%
Estimated chance it was slight
68%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 2)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2019520001462 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 2019.