A3065 crash in Somerset on 24 January 2003 at 18:25 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3065 in Somerset at 18:25 on Friday 24 January 2003. The 20-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jan 2003
- Friday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Peugeot Speedfight
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01244, longitude -3.13182, in the TA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Taunton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop's Hull & Taunton West, Somerset, TA1 5HE area accident hotspot. 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
- 2003520147459
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3065
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 5 August 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Somerset, 5 August 1987
At the same spotRef 198752GT01176
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3065 in Somerset, 26 August 2002
At the same spotRef 2002521131828
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A3065 in Somerset, 13 October 2005
At the same spotRef 2005520136395
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A3065 in Somerset, 28 March 2003
At the same spotRef 2003520432819
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3065 in Somerset, 2 March 2017
8 m awayRef 2017520701912
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A3065 in Somerset, 15 December 2005
10 m awayRef 2005520166375
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 2003520147459 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 2003.