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A361 crash in Somerset on 22 May 1994 at 19:25 involving a Vanden Plas 1500

A Vanden Plas 1500 and a Kawasaki KDX125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 19:25 on Sunday 22 May 1994. The 25-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki KDX125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 May 1994
Sunday, 19:25
Vehicles
2
Vanden Plas 1500 and Kawasaki KDX125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03752, longitude -3.0625, in the TA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Monkton Heathfield. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19945294K1606
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vanden Plas 1500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,485 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki KDX125

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki KDX125)

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 19945294K1606 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.