B3133 crash in North Somerset on 17 April 2011 at 16:15 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B3133 in North Somerset at 16:15 on Sunday 17 April 2011. The 41-year-old male rider and a 24-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2011
- Sunday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40354, longitude -2.84256, in the BS21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011521102459
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3133
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 55%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 45%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 June 1997.
Serious
Datsun Cherry crash on the B3133 in North Somerset, 16 June 1997
10 m awayRef 1997520055125
Slight
Scooter crash on the B3133 in North Somerset, 13 October 1984
10 m awayRef 198452JNC1185
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3133 in North Somerset, 18 June 2012
10 m awayRef 2012521203822
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3133 in North Somerset, 24 November 1979
14 m awayRef 197952LNC1334
Slight
Car crash on the B3133 in North Somerset, 24 February 1980
14 m awayRef 198052JNC0202
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3133 in North Somerset, 1 November 1982
14 m awayRef 198252JNC1265
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 500cc), 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 2011521102459 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2011.