B3222 crash in Somerset on 22 June 2016 at 11:46 involving a Vauxhall Agila
A Vauxhall Agila and a Suzuki GSF 650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3222 in Somerset at 11:46 on Wednesday 22 June 2016. The 37-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 650 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
- 22 Jun 2016
- Wednesday, 11:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Agila and Suzuki GSF 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04006, longitude -3.55018, in the TA22 postcode district. 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
- 2016520604765
- Council area
- Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3222
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3222 in Somerset, 15 March 2025
At the same spotRef 2025520501249
Slight
Van crash on the B3222 in Somerset, 12 January 1989
5 m awayRef 198952GO00091
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 7 May 1986
5 m awayRef 198652GO00695
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 26 August 2013
6 m awayRef 2013520306442
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on the B3223 in Somerset, 1 July 1995
19 m awayRef 19955295K2277
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Somerset, 2 October 1996
19 m awayRef 19965296K3396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 656 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 650)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016520604765 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 2016.