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A358 crash in Somerset on 21 July 2006 at 19:00 involving a Nissan Primera

A Nissan Primera and a Honda VFR800F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A358 in Somerset at 19:00 on Friday 21 July 2006. The 54-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR800F motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 2006
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Primera and Honda VFR800F
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11333, longitude -3.23086, in the TA4 postcode district. 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
2006520087645
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
358
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
47%
Estimated chance it was slight
53%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda VFR800F)

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 2006520087645 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 2006.