Serious C road crash in Teignbridge TQ13 on 17 March 1983 at 09:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Teignbridge at 09:45 on Thursday 17 March 1983. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Mar 1983
- Thursday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.58756, longitude -3.67843, in the TQ13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bovey Tracey.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198350F440457
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2020.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 21 May 2020
6 m awayRef 2020500954564
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 22 July 2021
34 m awayRef 2021501109549
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Teignbridge, 7 October 1988
36 m awayRef 198850F441971
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 4 April 2002
36 m awayRef 200250F442014
Serious
Toyota Picnic crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 20 February 2014
42 m awayRef 201450JC3H004
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 31 January 2008
50 m awayRef 200850F44B135
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198350F440457 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Teignbridge road accident statistics for 1983.