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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA15 on 26 September 2022 at 11:35 involving a ridden horse

A ridden horse and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 11:35 on Monday 26 September 2022. The 56-year-old female rider of the ridden horse was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 2022
Monday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Ridden horse and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94532, longitude -2.72091, in the TA15 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
2022520204121
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
20 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
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 75 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, horse rider, on vehicle 1 (Ridden horse)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2022520204121 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 2022.