B3139 crash in Somerset on 25 July 2011 at 18:15 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3139 in Somerset at 18:15 on Monday 25 July 2011. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2011
- Monday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2593, longitude -2.53825, in the BA3 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.
Map of where the crash happened in Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011520104672
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3139
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 30%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 70%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2019.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 5 September 2019
11 m awayRef 2019520905300
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 10 October 2006
40 m awayRef 2006520123251
Slight
MG ZR crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 18 August 2009
40 m awayRef 2009520907816
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3139 in Somerset, 12 February 2002
50 m awayRef 2002520220128
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A37 in Somerset, 1 April 1981
50 m awayRef 198152FRW0420
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A37 in Somerset, 9 May 1988
61 m awayRef 198852FS00639
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2011520104672 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.