Regency Stages RallyBath & West Showground
A source-led incident page covering the 12 October 2013 rally car crash into spectators at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet.
Incident Overview
What happened
During the Regency Stages Rally, a rally car left the course near a bend and went into spectators at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet. Reports agree that the driver was unhurt or physically uninjured but shocked, and that an investigation was opened.
Reports agree that the driver was unhurt or physically uninjured but shocked, and that an investigation was opened after the crash.
Location & Naming
Event identity
Incident name: Regency Stages Rally at the Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet. Sources also refer to the event as the “Regency Stages Rally” at the “Royal Bath and West Showground.”
Location: Royal Bath and West Showground / Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. Exact source wording varies between “Royal Bath and West Showground” and “Bath & West Showground.” One eyewitness account quoted by Sky said the spectators were in a cordoned-off area about 20 to 30 metres from the track.
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Chronology
Sequence summary
Outcomes
Injury reporting
Disputed Details
Conflicting information
The record contains several conflicts. These have been kept visible rather than quietly tidied away, because that is how bad records get worse.
The available reporting does not fully align on this point.
ITV West Country reported five injured and said two adults and three children were taken to hospital.
ITV national later reported four injured; Sky, Evening Standard, and Irish Examiner also reported four injured, commonly describing a father and his two sons taken to hospital and a fourth person treated at the scene.
The five-injured figure appears in earlier reporting linked to the Shepton Mallet Journal; later same-day and next-day reports more often state four injured. No later official source confirming a final casualty total was found in this run.
The available reporting does not fully align on this point.
ITV national said the joint investigation involved police and the local authority.
ITV West Country, Sky, and Irish Examiner said the joint investigation involved police and the Health and Safety Executive.
This may reflect differing stages of reporting or incomplete early information. I did not find a later official statement in this run resolving which wording was final.
The available reporting does not fully align on this point.
Early ITV / Shepton Mallet Journal-linked reporting said one casualty was airlifted with “possible life-changing injuries.”
Later ITV West Country update said injuries were not believed life-threatening; Sky and Irish Examiner said the boys’ leg injuries were not thought serious and the father was airlifted to hospital.
Later reporting appears less severe than the earliest local-report-based account.
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Unverified details
The following points were not verified from the reviewed source set.
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