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Serious A358 crash in Somerset on 12 August 2017 at 19:40 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A358 in Somerset at 19:40 on Saturday 12 August 2017. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 36-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Aug 2017
Saturday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Seat Ibiza and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01751, longitude -3.0581, in the TA3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Taunton East, Somerset, TA1 2UH 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017520706841
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
358
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 2017520706841 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 2017.