A371 crash in North Somerset on 18 August 2020 at 12:20 involving a Honda Jazz
A car and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the A371 in North Somerset at 12:20 on Tuesday 18 August 2020. The 33-year-old male driver of the car and the 71-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2020
- Tuesday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33542, longitude -2.90952, in the BS24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020522100589
- Council area
- North 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
- 60 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
- 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
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 May 2009.
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 26 May 2009
21 m awayRef 2009520904989
Serious
Ford Capri crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 1 October 1990
21 m awayRef 19905290J1248
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 22 September 2025
61 m awayRef 2025522600162
Slight
Car crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 16 December 1980
66 m awayRef 198052JWI1546
Slight
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 2 June 2011
73 m awayRef 2011521103228
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A371 in North Somerset, 19 October 2006
82 m awayRef 2006520128112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,318 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
- 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 2020522100589 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2020.