B3230 crash in North Devon on 2 August 1981 at 18:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B3230 in North Devon at 18:30 on Sunday 2 August 1981. The 21-year-old male rider and a 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 1981
- Sunday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14338, longitude -4.07395, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150H560380
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3230
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2017.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 11 December 2017
4 m awayRef 2017500254906
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 1 December 2022
5 m awayRef 2022501252340
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 1 February 2025
7 m awayRef 2025501549107
Serious
Car crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 7 August 1982
20 m awayRef 198250C210324
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 6 October 1993
22 m awayRef 199350C231269
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 31 December 1987
22 m awayRef 198750C233477
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, 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 198150H560380 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1981.