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Fatal unclassified road crash in Somerset TA14 on 4 March 2000 at 14:50 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle and a Lancia Dedra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 14:50 on Saturday 4 March 2000. The 51-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was killed and the 73-year-old male driver of the Lancia Dedra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Mar 2000
Saturday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YZF R1 and Lancia Dedra
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93998, longitude -2.76427, in the TA14 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200052FK28236
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lancia Dedra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lancia Dedra)

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 200052FK28236 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 2000.