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Serious unclassified road crash in Exeter EX4 on 13 August 1983 at 16:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 16:00 on Saturday 13 August 1983. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Aug 1983
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71394, longitude -3.55334, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350D211515
Council area
Exeter
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, 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 198350D211515 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 1983.