Serious A369 crash in North Somerset on 7 August 2024 at 16:14 involving an Audi A1
A car and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the A369 in North Somerset at 16:14 on Wednesday 7 August 2024. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Aug 2024
- Wednesday, 16:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47542, longitude -2.74378, in the BS20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024522402642
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 369
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2021.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 7 December 2021
14 m awayRef 2021522201395
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 30 August 2004
30 m awayRef 2004520112402
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 11 October 2008
30 m awayRef 2008520810944
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 18 October 1999
40 m awayRef 1999520127523
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 16 February 1981
46 m awayRef 198152JNP0190
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 20 August 1993
47 m awayRef 19935293M3002
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
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 92, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2024522402642 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.