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A30 crash in Somerset on 29 May 2011 at 12:55 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica and a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A30 in Somerset at 12:55 on Sunday 29 May 2011. A 59-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 2011
Sunday, 12:55
Vehicles
2
Toyota Celica and Yamaha FZS 600
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87751, longitude -2.89871, in the TA20 postcode district. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011520103465
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
34%
Estimated chance it was slight
66%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    89 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha FZS 600

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 600)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2011520103465 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 2011.