A4 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 3 August 2014 at 11:35 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a BMW 3 Series and a Lambretta motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset at 11:35 on Sunday 3 August 2014. The 45-year-old male rider of the Lambretta motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2014
- Sunday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4045, longitude -2.46572, in the BS31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Saltford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saltford, Bath and North East Somerset, BS31 3BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014521405877
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 2014.
Serious
Kia Venga crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 23 November 2014
3 m awayRef 2014521500655
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 25 July 1995
4 m awayRef 19955295F2753
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 10 August 2005
4 m awayRef 2005520104566
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 14 November 1979
4 m awayRef 197952FKE1386
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 9 January 2007
4 m awayRef 2007520008931
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4 in Bath and North East Somerset, 2 December 2002
4 m awayRef 2002520165646
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South 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
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Lambretta
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 3 (Lambretta)
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 2014521405877 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2014.