B3145 crash in Somerset on 12 November 2019 at 08:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B3145 in Somerset at 08:20 on Tuesday 12 November 2019. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was 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
- 12 Nov 2019
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03408, longitude -2.44417, in the BA8 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019520907200
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2014.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3145 in Somerset, 28 February 2014
2 m awayRef 2014520401832
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3145 in Somerset, 15 February 2014
4 m awayRef 2014520401477
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B3145 in Somerset, 17 August 2012
4 m awayRef 2012520205694
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B3145 in Somerset, 8 June 2025
5 m awayRef 2025520501546
Slight
Car crash on the B3145 in Somerset, 15 January 1987
6 m awayRef 198752FN00089
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the B3145 in Somerset, 1 October 2008
11 m awayRef 2008520810470
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- 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 2019520907200 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.