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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 25 September 2019 at 12:50 involving a BMW i3

A BMW i3 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Somerset at 12:50 on Wednesday 25 September 2019. A 16-year-old female pedestrian and the 50-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Sep 2019
Wednesday, 12:50
Vehicles
1
BMW i3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13052, longitude -2.9827, 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
2019520906818
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
T or staggered 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW i3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    647 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW i3)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW i3)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019520906818 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.