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Serious B3139 crash in Somerset on 12 December 2011 at 16:55 involving a Peugeot 307

A bicycle and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the B3139 in Somerset at 16:55 on Monday 12 December 2011. The 20-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 2011
Monday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Peugeot 307
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2212, longitude -2.93402, in the TA9 postcode district. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011520107919
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
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, 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 2011520107919 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.