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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA1 on 8 November 2006 at 18:15 involving a Ford Escort

A bicycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 18:15 on Wednesday 8 November 2006. The 47-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 2006
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01185, longitude -3.0899, in the TA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Taunton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taunton South, Somerset, TA1 2LX 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
2006520135348
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, on vehicle 1 (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 2006520135348 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.