A367 crash in Somerset on 26 October 2024 at 14:44 involving a BMW 2 Series
A BMW 2 Series and a Mini John Cooper Works were involved in a crash on the A367 in Somerset at 14:44 on Saturday 26 October 2024. The 70-year-old female driver of the BMW 2 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2024
- Saturday, 14:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 2 Series and Mini John Cooper Works
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.223, longitude -2.52367, in the BA3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mendip Hills, Somerset, BA4 4FU area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Mendip district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024520403141
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 367
- 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
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2004.
Slight
Honda VFR750F crash on the A367 in Somerset, 3 September 2004
30 m awayRef 2004520125181
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A367 in Somerset, 2 December 2024
31 m awayRef 2024520500329
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A367 in Somerset, 9 December 2009
84 m awayRef 2009520911361
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 25 July 2014
95 m awayRef 2014520405299
Slight
Car crash on the A367 in Somerset, 7 September 1985
109 m awayRef 198552FS01299
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 5 August 2009
124 m awayRef 2009520907012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Mini John Cooper Works
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 2 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024520403141 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 2024.