A370 crash in North Somerset on 7 December 2011 at 10:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A370 in North Somerset at 10:30 on Wednesday 7 December 2011. The 67-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2011
- Wednesday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4144, longitude -2.73851, in the BS48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Backwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Backwell, North Somerset, BS48 3HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011521107844
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 370
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 30%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 70%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 19 January 1983
10 m awayRef 198352JNA0058
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 3 April 2000
10 m awayRef 2000520040584
Slight
Van crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 25 August 1986
14 m awayRef 198652JN00905
Slight
Car crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 3 May 1983
14 m awayRef 198352JNA0479
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 9 July 2025
16 m awayRef 2025522501231
Slight
Car crash on the A370 in North Somerset, 30 November 1979
22 m awayRef 197952LNA1376
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 67, on vehicle 2 (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 2011521107844 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.