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Fatal A377 crash in Exeter on 27 September 1985 at 18:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A377 in Exeter at 18:15 on Friday 27 September 1985. The 18-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Sep 1985
Friday, 18:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74684, longitude -3.54762, in the EX4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Exeter

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550D211859
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
377
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
396

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, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 17 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, 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 198550D211859 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 1985.