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A38 crash in North Somerset on 11 September 2009 at 23:40 involving a Peugeot Vivacity motorcycle

A Peugeot Vivacity motorcycle crashed on the A38 in North Somerset at 23:40 on Friday 11 September 2009. The 35-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 2009
Friday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Peugeot Vivacity
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31367, longitude -2.82269, in the BS25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Winscombe and Sandford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Banwell & Winscombe, North Somerset, BS25 1LG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009520909781
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
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
43%
Estimated chance it was slight
57%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Vivacity

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Vivacity)

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 2009520909781 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 2009.