A39 crash in Somerset on 25 July 2025 at 19:05 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 19:05 on Friday 25 July 2025. The 53-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2025
- Friday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12562, longitude -3.00443, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater North & Central, Somerset, TA6 5AG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025520501210
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 39
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2020.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A38 in Somerset, 21 September 2020
1 m awayRef 2020520004006
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A39 in Somerset, 8 August 2019
2 m awayRef 2019520906518
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A39 in Somerset, 16 February 2019
3 m awayRef 2019520903317
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A39 in Somerset, 3 February 2021
4 m awayRef 2021520101657
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A39 in Somerset, 13 December 2007
5 m awayRef 2007521800342
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A39 in Somerset, 29 July 2004
5 m awayRef 2004520096776
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025520501210 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 2025.