A370 crash in North Somerset on 3 November 2005 at 11:50 involving a Piaggio NRG motorcycle
A Piaggio NRG motorcycle and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A370 in North Somerset at 11:50 on Thursday 3 November 2005. The 16-year-old male rider of the Piaggio NRG motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2005
- Thursday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio NRG and agricultural vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41752, longitude -2.72878, in the BS48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005520146153
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 370
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2024.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 5 September 2024
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Slight
Renault Austral crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 21 May 2025
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Serious
Car crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 3 March 1984
28 m awayRef 198452JNA0196
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 26 June 1994
28 m awayRef 19945294M2354
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 7 June 2016
57 m awayRef 2016521604332
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 17 November 2015
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio NRG)
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 2005520146153 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 2005.