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A361 crash in Somerset on 16 May 1990 at 19:15 involving a Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle and a Morris Ital were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 19:15 on Wednesday 16 May 1990. The 19-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle and the 39-year-old female driver of the Morris Ital were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 May 1990
Wednesday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki Z550 and Morris Ital
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18901, longitude -2.48131, in the BA4 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19905290F0715
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki Z550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Morris Ital

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z550)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Morris Ital)

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 19905290F0715 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 1990.