A361 crash in Somerset on 26 May 2012 at 17:22 involving a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle
A motorcycle and a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A361 in Somerset at 17:22 on Saturday 26 May 2012. The 44-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 26 May 2012
- Saturday, 17:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Triumph Bonneville
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19531, longitude -2.46651, in the BA4 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
- 2012520203369
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 April 1991.
Serious
Datsun Stanza crash on the A361 in Somerset, 19 April 1991
10 m awayRef 19915291F0556
Slight
Mercedes 400 crash on the A361 in Somerset, 6 April 1992
45 m awayRef 19925292J0488
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A361 in Somerset, 11 September 2013
50 m awayRef 2013520306181
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in Somerset, 2 February 1997
102 m awayRef 1997520061103
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 85 crash on the A361 in Somerset, 29 May 1999
102 m awayRef 1999520064955
Fatal
Car crash on the A361 in Somerset, 15 February 1984
102 m awayRef 198452FRS0241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Bonneville
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 865 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 44, 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 2012520203369 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 2012.