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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BA6 on 3 May 2019 at 07:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 07:30 on Friday 3 May 2019. The 64-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 May 2019
Friday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12846, longitude -2.63734, in the BA6 postcode district. The location was in the former Mendip district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019520902980
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019520902980 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 2019.