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A38 crash in Somerset on 26 April 1987 at 11:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A38 in Somerset at 11:20 on Sunday 26 April 1987. The 48-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 1987
Sunday, 11:20
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10827, longitude -2.99399, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. 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
198752GB00567
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
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
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198752GB00567 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 1987.