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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA6 on 6 May 1998 at 07:10 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 07:10 on Wednesday 6 May 1998. The 32-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 May 1998
Wednesday, 07:10
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1381, longitude -2.97476, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520049664
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, on vehicle 2 (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 1998520049664 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 1998.