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B3153 crash in Somerset on 14 August 2021 at 11:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B3153 in Somerset at 11:30 on Saturday 14 August 2021. The 68-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Aug 2021
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05488, longitude -2.73657, in the TA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Somerton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7PD area accident hotspot. 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
2021520104060
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3153
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
B
Second road number
3153

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2021520104060 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 2021.