A371 crash in Somerset on 6 July 2019 at 14:40 involving a Toyota Landcruiser
A Toyota Landcruiser and a Mercedes S Class were involved in a crash on the A371 in Somerset at 14:40 on Saturday 6 July 2019. The 46-year-old female driver of the Mercedes S Class and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes S Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2019
- Saturday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Landcruiser and Mercedes S Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20914, longitude -2.66262, in the BA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wells. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wells, Somerset, BA5 9BR area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Mendip district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019520906170
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 371
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A371 in Somerset, 24 March 1986
9 m awayRef 198652FW00413
Slight
Car crash on the A371 in Somerset, 13 July 1988
11 m awayRef 198852FW00991
Serious
Car crash on the A371 in Somerset, 12 November 1987
12 m awayRef 198752FW01484
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A371 in Somerset, 22 September 2016
15 m awayRef 2016520607776
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A371 in Somerset, 17 February 2019
16 m awayRef 2019520901129
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A371 in Somerset, 24 August 2006
21 m awayRef 2006520107000
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Landcruiser
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,164 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes S Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes S Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019520906170 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.