B3230 crash in North Devon on 14 October 1985 at 16:49 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B3230 in North Devon at 16:49 on Monday 14 October 1985. The 16-year-old female 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
- 14 Oct 1985
- Monday, 16:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15595, longitude -4.08495, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550C210468
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3230
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 13 August 2008
14 m awayRef 200850CI2C002
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 18 November 1997
14 m awayRef 199750C234272
Slight
Car crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 6 September 2008
51 m awayRef 200850CI2C005
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 8 December 2025
70 m awayRef 2025501680440
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 2 August 1989
80 m awayRef 198950C310852
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 22 May 1984
81 m awayRef 198450C310205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, 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 198550C210468 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1985.