Serious A361 crash in Somerset on 1 July 2011 at 15:35 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan
A Volkswagen Tiguan and two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 15:35 on Friday 1 July 2011. The 27-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 21-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
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Jul 2011
- Friday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Tiguan and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06917, longitude -2.91911, in the TA7 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011520104014
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 1981.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in Somerset, 24 June 1981
10 m awayRef 198152GBO0924
Serious
Yamaha XVS 1100 A crash on the A361 in Somerset, 20 April 2007
10 m awayRef 2007520005511
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in Somerset, 26 April 2008
10 m awayRef 2008520804977
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in Somerset, 29 December 1987
10 m awayRef 198752GO02180
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in Somerset, 1 May 1986
10 m awayRef 198652GO00674
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in Somerset, 16 August 1982
10 m awayRef 198252GBO1162
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 27 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 21, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 27, on vehicle 3 (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 2011520104014 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.