A30 crash in West Devon on 11 September 1982 at 14:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A30 in West Devon at 14:35 on Saturday 11 September 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 11 Sep 1982
- Saturday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71719, longitude -3.86552, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198250C510400
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in West Devon, 25 September 1982
20 m awayRef 198250C510503
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A30 in West Devon, 4 August 1984
100 m awayRef 198450C510366
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in West Devon, 23 December 1982
102 m awayRef 198250C510615
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in West Devon, 21 October 1984
120 m awayRef 198450C510491
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in West Devon, 15 February 1981
130 m awayRef 198150H260072
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A30 in West Devon, 23 October 1983
140 m awayRef 198350C510524
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, 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 198250C510400 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1982.