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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 13 October 2023 at 16:41 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan

A Volkswagen Tiguan crashed on an unclassified road in Somerset at 16:41 on Friday 13 October 2023. The 43-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Oct 2023
Friday, 16:41
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Tiguan
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12571, longitude -3.01182, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater West, Somerset, TA6 7DR 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
2023520400089
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023520400089 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 2023.