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A38 crash in Somerset on 10 September 2019 at 17:00 involving a Ford Focus

A bicycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A38 in Somerset at 17:00 on Tuesday 10 September 2019. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 2019
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12203, longitude -2.9996, in the TA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridgwater South, Somerset, TA6 6EP area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Sedgemoor district.

Map of where the crash happened in Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019520905553
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019520905553 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.