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Unclassified road crash in Somerset TA20 on 16 July 2019 at 23:00 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle

A Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 23:00 on Tuesday 16 July 2019. The 44-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jul 2019
Tuesday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Peugeot Speedfight and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86913, longitude -2.96775, in the TA20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chard. The location was in the former South Somerset district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019520904441
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
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
32%
Estimated chance it was slight
68%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2019520904441 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.