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Serious B3129 crash in North Somerset on 8 August 1993 at 19:40 involving a Kawasaki EX305 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX305 motorcycle crashed on the B3129 in North Somerset at 19:40 on Sunday 8 August 1993. The 27-year-old male rider was 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
8 Aug 1993
Sunday, 19:40
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki EX305
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45145, longitude -2.65474, in the BS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19935293M2834
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3129
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, 78 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX305

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX305)

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 19935293M2834 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 1993.