A369 crash in North Somerset on 17 April 2019 at 09:45 involving a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A369 in North Somerset at 09:45 on Wednesday 17 April 2019. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2019
- Wednesday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R125 and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47654, longitude -2.7107, in the BS20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gordano Valley, North Somerset, BS20 7TS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019521905503
- Council area
- North Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 369
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2022.
Slight
Yamaha R crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 2 December 2022
1 m awayRef 2022522300353
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 21 July 2014
6 m awayRef 2014521405193
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 2 August 2004
6 m awayRef 2004520100919
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 22 June 2016
9 m awayRef 2016521605491
Slight
Scania crash on the A369 in North Somerset, 18 August 1997
11 m awayRef 1997520070735
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on an unclassified road in North Somerset, 10 October 1998
12 m awayRef 1998520122335
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019521905503 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.