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A3072 crash in Mid Devon on 7 August 1981 at 01:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3072 in Mid Devon at 01:00 on Friday 7 August 1981. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 1981
Friday, 01:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8011, longitude -3.8199, in the EX17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150H260405
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198150H260405 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1981.