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A3259 crash in Somerset on 21 November 2014 at 18:54 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A3259 in Somerset at 18:54 on Friday 21 November 2014. The 53-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2014
Friday, 18:54
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03095, longitude -3.08056, in the TA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Taunton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taunton North, Somerset, TA2 8PS 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
2014520408483
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3259
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
21%
Estimated chance it was slight
79%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, 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 2014520408483 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 2014.