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Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS22 on 6 December 2024 at 08:16 involving a Mercedes Gla Class

A Mercedes Gla Class hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 08:16 on Friday 6 December 2024. A 10-year-old male pedestrian and a 10-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 2024
Friday, 08:16
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Gla Class
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35672, longitude -2.95066, in the BS22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weston-super-Mare.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024522500325
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
35%
Estimated chance it was slight
65%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Gla Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Gla Class)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Gla Class)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2024522500325 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.