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Serious A386 crash in Torridge on 22 April 1983 at 13:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A386 in Torridge at 13:15 on Friday 22 April 1983. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Apr 1983
Friday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03084, longitude -4.21282, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northam.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350C410163
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, 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 198350C410163 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1983.