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Serious A37 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 16 November 2025 at 22:15 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the A37 in Bath and North East Somerset at 22:15 on Sunday 16 November 2025. A 25-year-old female passenger and a 23-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Nov 2025
Sunday, 22:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39235, longitude -2.54829, in the BS14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Publow & Whitchurch, Bath and North East Somerset, BS14 0QY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025520001828
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
37
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,521 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most 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 2025520001828 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2025.