Unclassified road crash in Teignbridge EX6 on 11 December 1981 at 18:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge at 18:00 on Friday 11 December 1981. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 1981
- Friday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64024, longitude -3.47383, in the EX6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150K861736
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2000.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A397 in Teignbridge, 10 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200050F424095
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 10 September 2011
15 m awayRef 201150JG2B006
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 10 November 1998
22 m awayRef 199850F436825
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 20 May 1996
28 m awayRef 199650D211439
Slight
Scooter crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 26 May 1980
28 m awayRef 198050K860624
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 3 April 1983
28 m awayRef 198350F430582
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, 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 198150K861736 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Teignbridge road accident statistics for 1981.