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B3139 crash in Somerset on 13 December 1981 at 15:20 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B3139 in Somerset at 15:20 on Sunday 13 December 1981. The 12-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 1981
Sunday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.253, longitude -2.99868, in the TA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burnham-on-Sea. 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
198152GBU2004
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3139
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198152GBU2004 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 1981.