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B3187 crash in Somerset on 5 August 1997 at 14:50 involving a Tomos motorcycle

A Tomos motorcycle crashed on the B3187 in Somerset at 14:50 on Tuesday 5 August 1997. The 47-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Tomos
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98542, longitude -3.2394, in the TA21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wellington. 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
1997520028453
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3187
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 55 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Tomos

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Tomos)

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 1997520028453 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 1997.