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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA7 on 19 January 2000 at 08:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a JCB agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 08:30 on Wednesday 19 January 2000. The 38-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a muddy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 2000
Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and JCB
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05412, longitude -2.90027, in the TA7 postcode district. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200052GT09226
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
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
Mud
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Mud

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,188 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: JCB

    Agricultural vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 200052GT09226 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.