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A3604 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 15 January 2016 at 09:45 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A3604 in Bath and North East Somerset at 09:45 on Friday 15 January 2016. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 2016
Friday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38217, longitude -2.38125, in the BA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westmoreland, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 3BP 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
2016521600301
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
3604
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
36

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, 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 2016521600301 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 2016.