Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA13 on 5 June 1983 at 11:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two bicycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 11:30 on Sunday 5 June 1983. The 9-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jun 1983
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94338, longitude -2.80272, in the TA13 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198352FYI0804
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, 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 198352FYI0804 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 1983.