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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA24 on 5 June 2012 at 13:10 involving a Volvo XC70

A Volvo XC70 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 13:10 on Tuesday 5 June 2012. The 63-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jun 2012
Tuesday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Volvo XC70 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20379, longitude -3.46574, in the TA24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minehead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5DW 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
2012520203682
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo XC70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,401 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    63 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, 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 2012520203682 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.