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A358 crash in Somerset on 10 December 2011 at 13:32 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A358 in Somerset at 13:32 on Saturday 10 December 2011. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2011
Saturday, 13:32
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03084, longitude -3.13612, in the TA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Norton Fitzwarren. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lydeard, Somerset, TA2 6QF area accident hotspot. 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011520107959
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
358
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3227

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
21%
Estimated chance it was slight
79%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 2011520107959 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.