B3135 crash in Somerset on 6 May 1984 at 10:00 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on the B3135 in Somerset at 10:00 on Sunday 6 May 1984. The 20-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 6 May 1984; Sunday, 10:00
Vehicles: 1; Motor scooter
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27831, longitude -2.7383, in the BA5 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

1 crash
Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198452GBC0664
Council area: Somerset
Police force: Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 3135
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a fatal crash on 23 April 2008.

Fatal23 Apr 2008
Honda NT650V crash on the B3135 in Somerset, 23 April 2008
32 m awayRef 2008520804742
Slight23 Dec 2005
Nissan Micra crash on the B3135 in Somerset, 23 December 2005
32 m awayRef 2005520000841
Slight16 Jul 2005
Motorcycle crash on the B3135 in Somerset, 16 July 2005
36 m awayRef 2005520093874
Slight10 Jul 2022
Kawasaki ZX crash on the B3135 in Somerset, 10 July 2022
36 m awayRef 2022520203127
Slight28 Mar 2005
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the B3135 in Somerset, 28 March 2005
40 m awayRef 2005520042501
Slight10 Jul 2002
Citroen AX crash on the B3135 in Somerset, 10 July 2002
40 m awayRef 2002520925418

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Motor scooter
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Rider
Slight
Female, aged 20, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198452GBC0664 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 1984.