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Serious unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS21 on 22 September 1998 at 18:30 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 18:30 on Tuesday 22 September 1998. A 45-year-old male pedestrian hit by the motor scooter was seriously injured and the 38-year-old female rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Motor scooter and other vehicle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43729, longitude -2.85753, in the BS21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clevedon.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998520110221
Council area
North 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1998520110221 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 1998.