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B3115 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 6 October 1997 at 17:40 involving a Ford Escort

A bicycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B3115 in Bath and North East Somerset at 17:40 on Monday 6 October 1997. The 75-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1997
Monday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32894, longitude -2.47932, in the BA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997520085204
Council area
Bath and North East Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3115
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
39

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 1 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 1997520085204 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 1997.