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Serious A362 crash in Somerset on 31 May 1994 at 10:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A362 in Somerset at 10:20 on Tuesday 31 May 1994. The 32-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured and the 74-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 May 1994
Tuesday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22719, longitude -2.30498, in the BA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frome. 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
19945294J1758
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
362
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance

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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,093 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,097 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 19945294J1758 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 1994.