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Serious A39 crash in Somerset on 31 March 1991 at 15:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A39 in Somerset at 15:40 on Sunday 31 March 1991. The 30-year-old male rider and a 28-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 1991
Sunday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28233, longitude -2.56559, in the BA3 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19915291F0482
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    863 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, 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 19915291F0482 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 1991.