Serious A370 crash in North Somerset on 3 July 1986 at 19:40 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A370 in North Somerset at 19:40 on Thursday 3 July 1986. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Jul 1986
- Thursday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37108, longitude -2.81104, in the BS49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Congresbury.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198652JO00683
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 370
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 12 November 2011
At the same spotRef 2011521107125
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 27 October 2003
10 m awayRef 2003520142395
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 17 October 1997
22 m awayRef 1997520090895
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 7 December 1998
22 m awayRef 1998521444479
Serious
Van crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 4 November 1985
22 m awayRef 198552JO01216
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 24 June 2000
22 m awayRef 2000520076520
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198652JO00683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 1986.