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Serious unclassified road crash in Somerset TA5 on 19 April 2002 at 20:39 involving a Toyota Landcruiser

A Toyota Landcruiser and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 20:39 on Friday 19 April 2002. The 10-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Apr 2002
Friday, 20:39
Vehicles
2
Toyota Landcruiser and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14984, longitude -3.06655, in the TA5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cannington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cannington, Somerset, TA5 2JP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002520535628
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
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Landcruiser

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    4,164 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 2002520535628 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 2002.