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M5 crash in Somerset on 7 August 2019 at 09:53 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the M5 in Somerset at 09:53 on Wednesday 7 August 2019. The 33-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and the 54-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 2019
Wednesday, 09:53
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and Audi A3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10178, longitude -2.99515, in the TA6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Petherton, Somerset, TA6 6YQ 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
2019520906543
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    3,189 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2019520906543 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.