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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA11 on 6 August 1999 at 19:30 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle and a Daihatsu Move were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 19:30 on Friday 6 August 1999. The 18-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 1999
Friday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Aprilia and Daihatsu Move
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19459, longitude -2.36633, in the BA11 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999520095940
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 142 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Move

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    847 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

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 1999520095940 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 1999.