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Serious unclassified road crash in Somerset BA5 on 13 March 2018 at 11:08 involving a BMW R 1200 motorcycle

Two BMW R 1200 motorcycles and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 11:08 on Tuesday 13 March 2018. The 35-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Mar 2018
Tuesday, 11:08
Vehicles
3
BMW R 1200 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27003, longitude -2.6719, in the BA5 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018520802989
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,170 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW R 1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,170 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R 1200)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2018520802989 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 2018.