B3212 crash in Exeter on 20 November 1983 at 19:02 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3212 in Exeter at 19:02 on Sunday 20 November 1983. The 18-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, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 1983
- Sunday, 19:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71672, longitude -3.54068, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198350D212221
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3212
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2009.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 18 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200950DE2M034
Slight
Lorry crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 18 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199650D214024
Slight
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 29 December 1989
At the same spotRef 198950D212304
Slight
Van crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 21 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198750D211523
Serious
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 30 January 1984
At the same spotRef 198450D210187
Slight
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 2 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198450D210504
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, 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 198350D212221 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.