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B3440 crash in North Somerset on 9 December 2002 at 08:00 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3440 in North Somerset at 08:00 on Monday 9 December 2002. The 32-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2002
Monday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35938, longitude -2.90308, in the BS22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weston-super-Mare. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wick St Lawrence & St Georges, North Somerset, BS22 7SQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002520169323
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3440
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX600)

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 2002520169323 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 2002.