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Serious unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS49 on 24 February 2024 at 01:00 involving a Volvo V60

A Volvo V60 crashed on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 01:00 on Saturday 24 February 2024. The 41-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 39-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Feb 2024
Saturday, 01:00
Vehicles
1
Volvo V60
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39457, longitude -2.83431, in the BS49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yatton.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024522401616
Council area
North 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
30 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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V60

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V60)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V60)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2024522401616 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 2024.