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Unclassified road crash in North Somerset BS22 on 15 August 2019 at 20:15 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset at 20:15 on Thursday 15 August 2019. The 50-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 45-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Aug 2019
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34669, longitude -2.94237, in the BS22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weston-super-Mare. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weston-super-Mare Milton, North Somerset, BS22 8PF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019521905212
Council area
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
30%
Estimated chance it was slight
70%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2019521905212 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Somerset road accident statistics for 2019.