A362 crash in Bath and North East Somerset on 1 December 2022 at 16:12 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A362 in Bath and North East Somerset at 16:12 on Thursday 1 December 2022. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2022
- Thursday, 16:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29147, longitude -2.44602, in the BA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Radstock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, BA3 3BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bath and North East Somerset
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022522205310
- Council area
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 362
- 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
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 2025.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A362 in Bath and North East Somerset, 12 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025520000126
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A362 in Bath and North East Somerset, 19 January 2017
4 m awayRef 2017521700675
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A362 in Bath and North East Somerset, 7 September 2021
5 m awayRef 2021522104408
Slight
Nissan Leaf crash on the A362 in Bath and North East Somerset, 2 May 2022
5 m awayRef 2022522202136
Slight
Car crash on the A362 in Bath and North East Somerset, 8 September 1983
5 m awayRef 198352EKR1161
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A362 in Bath and North East Somerset, 6 September 1983
5 m awayRef 198352EKR1127
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022522205310 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bath and North East Somerset road accident statistics for 2022.