A4 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 7 August 2019 at 07:58 involving an Alfa Romeo Mito
An Alfa Romeo Mito, a Citroen C3 and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset at 07:58 on Wednesday 7 August 2019. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Custom van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2019
- Wednesday, 07:58
- Vehicles
- 3
- Alfa Romeo Mito and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39615, longitude -2.44845, in the BS31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Saltford.
Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019521906525
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 6 December 1987
4 m awayRef 198752EK01517
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 3 August 1983
12 m awayRef 198352EKE1018
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 11 July 1983
12 m awayRef 198352EKE0899
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 29 March 1990
12 m awayRef 19905290E0403
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 4 January 1989
12 m awayRef 198952EK00018
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 4 August 1984
14 m awayRef 198452EKE0929
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Mito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019521906525 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2019.