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Unclassified road crash in Somerset BS27 on 19 January 2024 at 23:22 involving a KTM RC 125 motorcycle

A KTM RC 125 motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Somerset at 23:22 on Friday 19 January 2024. The 17-year-old female rider of the KTM RC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 2024
Friday, 23:22
Vehicles
2
KTM RC 125 and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27916, longitude -2.78523, in the BS27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheddar. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3HT 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
2024520401211
Council area
Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
32%
Estimated chance it was slight
68%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: KTM RC 125

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (KTM RC 125)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024520401211 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 2024.