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A372 crash in Somerset on 8 October 2024 at 15:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A372 in Somerset at 15:30 on Tuesday 8 October 2024. The 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2024
Tuesday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05883, longitude -2.85638, in the TA10 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
2024520403294
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
372
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
21%
Estimated chance it was slight
79%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: 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
    37 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    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
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2024520403294 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.