Serious A3052 crash in East Devon on 30 May 1981 at 08:10 involving a van
A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 08:10 on Saturday 30 May 1981. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 May 1981
- Saturday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71651, longitude -2.99856, in the DT7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150L790362
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3052
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 2017.
Serious
Kia Rio crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 24 June 2017
7 m awayRef 2017500203964
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 24 May 1999
10 m awayRef 199950D342831
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 17 May 2015
10 m awayRef 201550KN3C003
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 6 June 2025
12 m awayRef 2025501599758
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 9 August 2005
41 m awayRef 200550D36K005
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 12 July 2005
50 m awayRef 200550D34I414
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198150L790362 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1981.