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A39 crash in Somerset on 23 November 2001 at 13:00 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia and a Derbi Senda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A39 in Somerset at 13:00 on Friday 23 November 2001. The 16-year-old male rider of the Derbi Senda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 2001
Friday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xantia and Derbi Senda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20522, longitude -3.48068, in the TA24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minehead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5DW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Somerset West and Taunton district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001521609717
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,761 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Derbi Senda

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Derbi Senda)

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 2001521609717 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 2001.